Netanya Beach

As a part of our adventure up to my cousin's wedding last week, we had a visit to the beach in Netanya, which is supposed to be one of the more beautiful beach spots in the country.

Now, in tow were quite the crew-
Ami- hates beach, the sand, the salt.
Nina- has a rash all over her body, can't be in the sun for more then a few minutes.
Eitan- hasn't been to the beach since last June, former bath hater, and owner of a double ear infection (which we found out the next day)
Mimi- just wants to have a fun day and everyone to SMILE for pictures. Not happening.

But despite the amazing cast of characters, we had a good hour or so. Ami stayed away indoors and came down later for a beer, Nina stayed under the shade of an umbrella, Eitan LOVED the sand, the waves, the random French/Israeli kids, the ice pops so much that he apparently forgot for that hour that he was in serious ear pain. And me, well I got a couple pictures of my baby playing in the sand and eating popsicles. So we all came out on top.

The beach really was beautiful. And so so filled with French people! I knew that Netanya was a hot spot for French immigrants, but wow. French was all we heard around us, maybe with a smattering of Russian. I joke that our neighborhood is the border of France, Israel and the US, but Netanya, that's all France people.

 

  

 

 Before I sign off, I need to talk about these ice pops. Because they're brilliant. They have in one little package (which seems like it would be for one pop) five mini ice pops. Is there anything better for a little kid then getting FIVE ice pops? Like you expect one, and they keep coming. They're also good if you have a bunch of kids and only want to buy one. Or if you are (like us) afraid of the combination of a kid and sugar so tiny ice pops are perfection? On this day, I think Eitan had three of the five, but a good half melted off, fell on the floor, etc. BUT, this is one great thing that Israel has that the US doesn't. One.