Depart Toronto Thursday Oct 27 EL Al ...flight delayed over one hr. Spanish plane and crew. Georgeous stewardesses dressed in snazzy outfits with little caps and leather gloves. but not least bit friendly. I had booked my seat on a window aisle but configuration changed to 3 x 3 x 3 so I was stuck on middle coincidentally with Stanley Mann on outside.
Arrived after 1pm in Tel Aviv and our driver Yosi was waiting to take 4 of us to Beit Halochem to assemble bikes. Rick Pencinor and I took a cab to our Airbnb on Ben Yehuda . Very decent apartment for 90 Canadian each person /night. We checked out the beach later.
That evening we met Rick's family for dinner at a restaurant not far away. I had a really nice time with his family - his brother and family live in Kibbutz Gaash and his sister in Netanya . Rick's mom was there as well visiting from TO.
