On to 7 and other new things

Well, today is Akiva's actual 7th birthday and we are getting ready to move out of our delux Tel Aviv pad. Our native Israeli neighbor from West Orange came by yesterday and helped reinforce our sense of how lucky we were to find this place. We are very appreciative to our hosts. We are getting ready to go to Nazareth. Its not Palestine, but it is a primarily Arab city and I think it will be a very different experience. While we were in Jerusalem I was trying to train Kiva and Sam to notice the difference in the way Hebrew and Arabic sounds. We'll see if they pick up on it.

We are also starting to try to plan our few days layover in Switzerland. While it sounds great to go someplace that is not monsterously hot, I'm a bit concerned about money. Tacking a Swiss visit on seemed like a good idea before we left but that was before we arrived in the land of the $5 cake mix. Oh well at least the chocolate there should be a good deal.