Crazy transportation day

Camera output of the morning sunrise:

Today was a traveling nightmare, what a way to start a year...
we Took a taxi to the bus station, a bus to the train station, a train to the airport and a plane to San Francisco... I woke at about 6 and drank some coffee at the lobby, had a few minutes to say hello to Eti and Ron and got back to the room to pack, Ron said he'd pick us up in the airport (they had a direct flight from Boston) but our flight was from New York.
We took the Bolt bus from Boston to New York, we were about 8 people in the whole bus. the service also includes free WiFi and electricity for the notebook so we could replenish our blog on the way :)

The bus landed in Penn station right were we used to reside in the New Yorker hotel, we missed it a bit. snow was still piled in the streets and it was brown and dirty, not as pretty as we've experienced it a few days back. we took the subway to the airport and had our McDonald's meal that looked from the movies

 Finally we got to the airplane, we were sitting next to an elder that was a very interesting person, he said one of his 'bucket list' to-do's is to play golf in San Francisco, very funny guy for a divorce attorney...

 Ron picked us up at the airport, we were exhausted when we arrived.

Eti and Ron made us dinner and we crashed into bed...

Wacky New Years Eve in Boston

We started the day by blasting on each family member's room and waking them up, after all it's the end of the year and there's much to do before the fireworks are done. First We woke Lior and Tal (Noa was already awake and jumpy) then we went and joined Nissim and Eli that watched Family guy all night long at their room so they were tired... not enough to ignore us.

The hotel is connected to a mall by an internal elevator and a tunnel network that looks like something that came out of a Zombie movie combined with a מיקווה, After we were joined by Eti and the gang we had our breakfast in the mall's food court

All of us in the food section

Niss had to stick his hand in the picture

Tal and her health sandwich

After we enjoyed a large amount of junk food we went back to the hotel and got dressed for the freezing cold that went outside

View from our window while we got dressed

Briana, Her friend and Ron joined us to the city, we took the Subway there where an odd couple was speaking too loud about their day job and life, We don't believe they are 100% healthy...

The tribe has invaded the train

We were a bit stuffed in the train and it's not as good as the metro system we experienced in New York, If you by accident take the wrong side of the tracks you have to pay another ticket to get to the other side. also, Ron has bought tickets for everyone but somehow the ticket wasn't good when our last passenger tried to pass (Perli as usuall got stuck), but she had initiative and joined another guy and passed like a pirate with him.

There were Ice sculptures outside but there were not that interesting

we got off the train in the government district and had our lunch at a Chinese restaurant there. Perli took a child's menu then everyone envied and changed their order to a child's menu :) I took a chicken and It was very good, I would recommend it (Wagamama restaurant in boston, link needed)

Tal tried to make a spoon stick to her nose but forgot it only works in the freezing outdoors :)

and Noa measured her new 2011 glasses,

From there we went to an ice skating ring in the middle of Boston and everything was covered in snow, the line was a bit long so we didn't quite skate. it was a beautiful sight, a bit cold but beautiful.

Perli and I had some kind of a lover's quarrel and we set our way back to the hotel to rest and talk a bit, on our way back we've noticed that the river next to our hotel was frozen solid

we threw some snow balls down there and they smashed on the river like it was made of cement
I went to rest a bit, Perli went to the mall, when she returned we talked and reconciled. I love this girl.

Perli also got me a present, she said that it looks like me :) she also attached a very romantic gift card.

Then we got downstairs to drink some lobby coffee

And then back to our room to get ready for new years

Perli brought some candy for the occasion

all the hotel rooms had animal robes in their closet so we decided everyone should dress up in their robe (most of the family resided in the hotel and each had a robe) everyone got a tiger robe and I was the only one with a zebra robe (prey?!)

we ate some pizza, had some wine, coffee and sweets (the room service coffee arrived cold... but we forgive)
Perli, Niss, Eli, Tal and me decided to get to the elevator with our zebra robes and sing "Happy, Happy, Happy new years" to strangers for a while,

then we've decided it's a too silly and got back to our party at room 825 (the newly wed's room). David and Franny wanted to sing in a quite place so they took a song book to the bathroom and started singing. we heard them and took a photo of this surreal phenomenon

 then we all gathered and viewed the fireworks in the city landscape

exhausted and happy, we went to sleep

David and Franny's Wedding

We got dressed for the occasion in the Marlow hotel that's very special, we'll do our best to feedback on it. We joined the family in the hotel's second floor and had the 'כתובה' written and signed by the witnesses :)

David and Franny's wedding occurred so close to our own wedding so I guess we were too overwhelmed and exited to actually experience it in full. Our own wedding memory is still so fresh in our mind that I guess we compared certain elements from their wedding and ours. Our wedding was not Reformist like David and Franny's so we've seen different things that we might have wanted in our own wedding, in example the fact that Franny was asked if she wishes to be wed (in a conservative wedding the bride isn't asked at all...) and they expressed blessings to one another, that was very sweet and exciting, Also I was asked to be one of the holders of the חופה which is a very honorable place, I'm very happy to be a part of this family. Perli led her father to the חופה and Briana led Franny.

The ceremony was a bit long to my taste and I think that if a Rabbi doesn't usually speak Hebrew he shouldn't bless trying it... but still it was beautiful because the young couple was a more powerful sight than the Rabbi. Perli dressed to kill with her new black dress, new red shoes and a shiny bracelet.The young couple seemed very excited :) And there was a large investment in gifts and graphic ornaments. additional Pictures and videos will be uploaded as soon as humanly possible :) at the end of the party we returned to our room and got ready for a new crazy day (Tomorrow is new years...)

good night

Snowy Framingham

We woke up in a dream house, Franny's house is built like a doll's house, it's a labyrinth and they have a very sweet taste. Briana and Bennet's hospitality was very kind and they helped us know our way through the maze of the house. The snow was about 30cm high outside and going out was truly magical. It's a bit hard to describe how beautiful, clean and romantic the view outside is, while the snow is still white it brings light to everything.
even two days after the storm the snow was still dry enough not to stick to itself and It felt like a smooth blanket.
We've uploaded some photos to a presentation below so you can see for yourself. Although it's a Jewish home, Christmas tradition is so beautiful so why not add a Christmas tree? Eli And Niss were sleeping in the salon, Frozen but happy Hoping that we'll have another vacation in the snow like this, also enjoying a cup of hot chocolate in the snow with my girl cannot be compared. After a short laundry and ironing session we were almost set to go.
The car we rented was kind'a nice but we had to return it to the rental (by the way, we got a very nice service from National rental service) We stopped at the first Dunkin' Donuts we found on the way and headed to the hotel to set-up for David and Franny's Wedding ! stay tuned :)