Elf Yourself

I had a beautiful Christmas in the Holy Land.

I kicked everything off a day early with an impromptu visit to

 Tel Aviv to see Batsheva's Project 5.

It was incredible!!!

It was just what I need after a long week of rehearsals and people. The dancers of Batsheva are unlike any I've seen elsewhere. I'm so glad we saw the male cast. They flew through the air like an eagle and absorbed the floor like soil does water. My jaw literally dropped. We were in the balcony with the other company members so I did my best to get the gossip of the piece from them during the intermission.
I feel so inspired after seeing them.

I am excited to get into KCDC Rep in kick some ass of my own.

Hali, Megan, and I made it from rehearsal, showered, and got to the train station in 45 mins. Very impressive. We had a funny cab driver that spoke very little English but told us he loved our music. Elvis Presley was his favorite and we listed to the oldies the whole ride.
Why can't cabs in America listen to Elvis?

We had nice lite dinner and coffee at the corner cafe before the show and after indulged in our first real ice cream since coming here.

We haled a cab and had ANOTHER pleasant ride with a driver who happened to know all about dance and was friends with dancers in Batsheva. Small world:)

Christmas Eve I went into Nahariyya to shop for food, go to the beach (yes it was wonderful) and finish the trip off with sushi...a lot of sushi. We came back to the kibbutz and had Shabbat, Christmas dinner (hopefully we didn't offend anyone) and we watch The Holiday. 

Christmas morning I woke up to Chali's shining face and we got ready to our Christmas tunes in time to go to rehearsal. We had a mid day brunch which was delicious. There are so many talented chefs here! I love getting a taste of everyone’s favorite dishes from their home countries.

Hali and I did some laundry as usual. Can't avoid the hand washing for too long.

I got to skype the family as they started opening presents. It was a little weird but I am so glad I got to see them.

 Ended things with a nice walk around the kibbutz where I let out a massive amount of energy that I got from this weekend.

This Christmas discovery was the Office Max "Elf yourself" web site. Hali and I found it this morning and spent a solid two hours Elfing our friends. My facebook wall has a nice video of Hali and I rockn' to our Christmas tunes. If you don't know what I'm talking about, you should definitely sneak a peak at it;)

It was such a relaxing and rejuvenating weekend. Nowhere to be, no one to impress. I loved it. It was very touching to be in place that doesn't celebrate Christmas. Especially to be away from the commercial side of Christmas. I think this has been one of my favorite Christmases. I really got to remember what Christmas means to me and hold that close to my heart instead of "seeing" it all around me.

I miss all my friends and family so much but its wonderful to be loving where I am so much. How about everyone move to Israel with me??!!