Safra-Knit

Yeah, I’ll be there tonight…I’m very cynical about it, but not in the way that was publicized in Haaretz. I’m just a big cynic regarding one of the sponsors. You can check Sarah’s blog to see what I think of them.

For work I had to scan images from a film that we have in our collection. I fell in love with the film…the colors were beautiful, the girls in the film were human sized (and not toothpick models), and their dresses are coming back in style.

Go see for yourself how Three Girls filmed in 1958 feels to you. The three girls in the film are now 66 years old. I’d love to meet them. (I’d also love to be transported back to that time period in Israel.)

We had a very nice vacation, and I highly recommend what we did! We spent three nights (Thursday through Sunday) at the Belmont Hotel at Kibbutz Tzuba. By staying at the hotel, you get free entrance to Kiftzuba and the pool.

Kifzuba is great for kids 2+, but even our little one enjoyed the play area which they have for babies. She was able to crawl around with other kids, be tossed (gently, I assure you) in the ball pit, and even go on some of the bouncing castle type toys. (She also went on the train, but I don’t think she liked it so much.) The bigger girls went on the bumper cars, bumper boats, slides, inflatable houses etc.

The down-side of Tzuba, is that it isn’t a religious kibbutz. They do have kosher food, but there aren’t activities appropriate for Shabbat. I took the girls for a hike up Tel Tzuba, which is ruins up on a hill. It was outside the Eruv, so we couldn’t carry water, but we did enjoy the walk. On the way, we saw a man picking Sabra fruits for his family. He used a long piece of wood, with a tin can on the end to pluck them from the cactus plants. We asked him a bit about how he knew they were ripe etc.

At the top of the Tel, you can walk in and out of the buildings, and even on the roof. We saw some lizards, and beautiful views. The little one was terrified to enter the buildings, but I enjoyed it. Both girls also made friends with the other kids staying at the hotel, and engaged in some games of Tag and “Dag Maluach” (It is similar to red light green light)

We ate most of our meals on the Kibbutz, but we did do take out (delivery) from Burgers Bar. That was a great idea provided by some helpful person on Janglo.

We managed to get to and from the kibbutz with taxis/van service. I’d say it would have been better if we had our own transportation, but on the whole everyone had a good time.