Started off the morning with a delicious Israeli breakfast of yogurt, fruit, safed cheese which is unbelievable and fresh Israeli salads. Spent a relaxing day at the pool. It is really so different to be in a country where the majority of people are jewish and so everything closes down on Saturday because of shabbat. The pool was packed with people who were just relaxing for the sabbath. It was a very pleasant day and a good day to relax before the upcoming tour days.

We took a taxi this evening to Tel Aviv to meet my son Michael's friend Gregory who made aliyah a couple of years ago. We have known Gregory since he was a little pittsela. He is in the Israeli army and was off this weekend. He took a bus north to Tel Aviv and we spent all evening eating dinner and talking. It was so pleasant. It was a pleasure to be with him. He has grown up to be an incredibly handsome, confident young man. He shared many stories about being in the army. Got back home to our apartment and getting ready for tomorrow where we will be spending the day in Jerusalem. Lila tov.