Tuesday & Wednesday 18-20 August 2014 Palmahim Beach and Enas, Dalal, Naris

Blaine and I took the Nickles to the airport on Tues. Aug.18.  They went to Portugal to visit Gary's sister and brother-in-law who are on a mission there.  After we dropped them off, we took the Hopkins to Palmahim Beach that is near the airport.  It is a beautiful, clean beach with warm water and nice waves.   It is not very crowded and a great place to try the Mediterranean Sea.

 

 

 



On Wed. our friend Inas Ansari called and invited us to go into the Old City with her to visit a friend of hers.  She wanted us to see a home in the Old City as well as meet her friend Dalal.  We stopped at an apartment that her family had rented and were going to fix up for a brother and aunt to live in.  The rooms lead out to an open stairwell.  The bedrooms are on the 2nd and 3rd floor with the kitchen, bath, and living room on the main floor. I asked Inas what they did when they had to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night and she said they go outside and go down the stairs.  Silly me

This is the stairwell that accesses the bedrooms from the main floor.



This is an apartment her family have.  Her brothers live here.

 



This is the alley entrance to the apartment.

 



There is a maze of alleys to get to homes in the Old City.

 

 

We then went to her friend Dalal's house.  It was very bright and cheery and had a great view of the Temple Mount.  It was very small with only 3 rooms but those 3 rooms were decorated with bright colors and were very cute.  From left to right: Linda, Naris (17-yr. old daughter) Dalal, and Inas. 

This was the living room/ bedroom.

 

This was Dalal's bedroom. Dalal lives there with her daughter and a son.
 

This is the view from their front door. They are literally a couple of blocks from the Dome of the Rock.

 



The patio is just off their kitchen, an extension of their home.  It was like their own little world.  There were plants all around the perimeter of the patio and another amazing view of the Temple Mount.
 

This is the view from their patio.  They look down onto the Temple Mount grounds.