Three vacations and a barmitzvah
This year we had an exceptionally active summer.
In May, we went to Berlin for the Intl. Conference on Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, where one of my former students, Peter van Zijl, now a Professor at JHU, won the Gold Medal of the Society, and he invited us to a sumptuous dinner. Then we went from there to Florence where we had a great vacation, visited all the galleries, Churches and the Synagogue.
In July, we went to London to visit Naomi's sister and her husband, Barbara & Malcolm, both of whom have been ill. It was good to see them while they were both relatively well. We also stayed with our friend Barry Garfield in Highgate and saw a lot of contemporary London, that is now much more cosmopolitan than it was when I was growing up there.
Then, in August, my son Simon and his family flew in from California, and with our daughter Miriam's family from Beersheva we all spent a lovely week in Tiberias. It was hot, but we spent a lot of time in the pool, and enjoyed trips to Tzvat and elsewhere. It was great being together.
At the end of August my sister and brother-in-law, Barbara & Allen, came so that they could attend my grandson Rafi's barmitzvah, that was held in Beersheva this past week. The party for his barmitzvah also coincided with my 69th birthday. The barmitzvah was great, Rafi did a great job (as expected) and there were lots of visitors and excitement. But, I'm glad to say no "themes" for the barmitzvah party and nothing extravagant, just a great family-oriented celebration.
All in all a very busy summer, although I did manage to write several messages between the many activities. Hope you all had a pleasant summer and that we are all ready to face whatever the Fall/Autumn brings.
L'shana tovah - Happy New Year.
In May, we went to Berlin for the Intl. Conference on Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, where one of my former students, Peter van Zijl, now a Professor at JHU, won the Gold Medal of the Society, and he invited us to a sumptuous dinner. Then we went from there to Florence where we had a great vacation, visited all the galleries, Churches and the Synagogue.
In July, we went to London to visit Naomi's sister and her husband, Barbara & Malcolm, both of whom have been ill. It was good to see them while they were both relatively well. We also stayed with our friend Barry Garfield in Highgate and saw a lot of contemporary London, that is now much more cosmopolitan than it was when I was growing up there.
Then, in August, my son Simon and his family flew in from California, and with our daughter Miriam's family from Beersheva we all spent a lovely week in Tiberias. It was hot, but we spent a lot of time in the pool, and enjoyed trips to Tzvat and elsewhere. It was great being together.
At the end of August my sister and brother-in-law, Barbara & Allen, came so that they could attend my grandson Rafi's barmitzvah, that was held in Beersheva this past week. The party for his barmitzvah also coincided with my 69th birthday. The barmitzvah was great, Rafi did a great job (as expected) and there were lots of visitors and excitement. But, I'm glad to say no "themes" for the barmitzvah party and nothing extravagant, just a great family-oriented celebration.
All in all a very busy summer, although I did manage to write several messages between the many activities. Hope you all had a pleasant summer and that we are all ready to face whatever the Fall/Autumn brings.
L'shana tovah - Happy New Year.
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