Rozmaryns Take Ikea

There are two Ikeas in Israel, one near Rishon and one in Netanya. This is very exciting for me. I love Ikea. Not the crappy furniture, but the accessories, the cute little things, being in the store, the ice cream....

Ami hates Ikea. Actually, the last couple times we had to go there in Maryland, he sat in the car listening to sports radio with Eitan while I went in to get the things we absolutely "needed".

The thing about Ikea in Israel is that it has potential to be both more and less awesome then Ikea in the US. First thing, it's more expensive. Like way more. Some of the stuff is double, which I believe is because of the high import taxes here based on different categories of furniture. But, the food is all kosher- they have two separate food courts- one for dairy and one for meat, and it's air conditioned.

So despite the fact that we're not really in a place in our lives to be buying anything for our (temporary, fully furnished) home there were a few things I wanted to pick up while we were already in Netanya with a rental car and a day to spend.

And I also wanted to go because it feels like home. And is a novelty.

 

 

As I mentioned above, on every trip to Ikea at home I get a soft serve ice cream. It's 99 cents and so good, and it's ice cream- total no brainer. Well, Ikea Israel, you took it up a notch- well done! First of all it's half the price. AND, when you buy and ice cream you get a token for a machine. The token goes in, a cone drops down and then is elevated up and out comes a perfect serving of ice cream. 

Eitan got in on the ice cream action too! He actually had a huge temper tantrum while eating/not eating it. The next day when we found out he had a double ear infection it all made sense...I mean it never makes sense to cry over ice cream, but I'll give the kid a break that one time.

So Ikea Netanya, thank you for the POANG glasses (we've broken a LOT of glasses here and needed to replace them), wonderful pool toys, organizational little cubbies and ice pop molds. And amazing and delicious ice cream of the future.