wow,
What a weekend, a flight from the UK to Israel with one of fofy's pals as Captain of the flight, My hotel was on the beach, so I took the opportunity to run for 40 minutes in the town and back along the beach, the weather was perfect. I spent Friday evening with viff and his new bride Claris at a bar/restaurant in Tel Aviv, at 04.00 we were told they had run out of becks beer and the coffee machine was shut down, I admit to drinking the becks but not to all the coffee
Saturday fofy (Ofer, another "real pilot") collected me and we headed to yoods for brunch, by now we were using Israeli time, which is a little bit slower than Spanish time and which means everyone will always be an hour or so late, manyana !
At yoods we met up with viff and Claris (who were late also), after food yood (who is a real pilot) took us to a local airfield (they said local it was 80 k) for some glider flying and powered gliders also, it was superb as during the afternoon we all had one or two flights under our belts.
Then on to doctorrs house, I was looking forward to meeting him as he is a Plastic Surgeon but was extremely dissapointed when he said that hair transplants were not his speciality, and besides which, my hair is way too far gone for any help. We had an evening barbecue, lots of drinks, fun, chatting and the 2 v 2 which I had no chance of winning as being only 5' 6" I couldn't reach the rudder pedals
Got back late to the Hotel, and after proving that one person can demolish the contents of the mini bar, I slept like a baby and woke with a hang over. Rested by the beach Sunday morning and caught a late flight home.
If you ever get a chance, go visit Israel, it's safe, warm and the locals are on the whole very charming and friendly,
Thanks to all 101, a great weekend and nice people too
wipass
