Flying Home

Since Budapest, quite a lot has been going on. Early December we had the visit of Ralf and Kellie that we had met in Ethiopia in the Simien mountains and convinced to stop in Israel to visit us on their way from South Africa to Jordan. We visited Akko and Nazareth with them, and finished the nice weekend by a great "gigot d'agneau" baked in the oven.
The following week Lilach and Leeor were finally back from their honeymoon around the americas. Last week, M's mom arrived from the US and we took L&L and Mom for a little hike in the Golan heights in Gamla. The weather was good enough for mid december, and the Golan winter was mostly looking like fall as you can see here:



Tonight we're flying to France for the Christmas holidays. More news next year !
Merry X-mas and Happy new year all.

Budapest

We spent the last weekend in Budapest, Hungary. In a weekend we experienced sunshine and blue sky, overcast, rain, snow and blizzard so we saw the city in pretty every weather possible. We spent the first day mostly on Buda side, visiting the royal palace, churches and other monuments on the hill. We started the day by pastries at Gerbeaud (the oldest pastry shop in town), and finished it with delicious goose delights in traditional Hungarian fashion. The next day we spent the first half relaxing at the city's oldest Turkish baths. Hot and cold pools, massage, natural hot springs... it felt great. The afternoon we went all around Pest and its ancient monuments and finished by a Christmas market under the snow, perfect ! Pictures here as usual.

Pest Parliament

Buda Royal castle and chain bridge over the Danube