Sunday, July 17, 2005
Day 52: Haifa
July 17: Got a lift very early from one of Sally's relatives (with Sally and Bec) from Kfar Saba back up to Haifa. Was exhausted but seemed to just keep 'going' the whole day. Went and saw the Aussie men's soccer unfortunately lose their quarter-final to Mexico 4-1, so they play off for 5-8 places tomorrow, when they play their second last match against South Africa - an interesting rivalry seeing as though many of our players are ex-South Africans!
Then returned to the soccer people's hotel for lunch, to relax and run some quick errands... even though it's a Sunday, it's the first day of the working week for people in Israel (Fri, Sat is the weekend).
Went to the Aussie women's soccer match in the late afternoon - their last for Maccabiah, against the USA. They went down 4-0 (or possibly 3-0 not sure), but tired very hard and were just happy about being in Israel in the first place!
Tali picked Sally and me up from the football field and brought us home for a yummy schnitzel and salad home-cooked meal - something I miss occasionally.
Relaxed on the couch, caught up on some news via the TV, and worked out some of my plans for Europe later in my trip.
Very tired. It's hot, but think I'll sleep well tonight!
Then returned to the soccer people's hotel for lunch, to relax and run some quick errands... even though it's a Sunday, it's the first day of the working week for people in Israel (Fri, Sat is the weekend).
Went to the Aussie women's soccer match in the late afternoon - their last for Maccabiah, against the USA. They went down 4-0 (or possibly 3-0 not sure), but tired very hard and were just happy about being in Israel in the first place!
Tali picked Sally and me up from the football field and brought us home for a yummy schnitzel and salad home-cooked meal - something I miss occasionally.
Relaxed on the couch, caught up on some news via the TV, and worked out some of my plans for Europe later in my trip.
Very tired. It's hot, but think I'll sleep well tonight!
# posted by mishij @ 1:03 PM 
