Well after about 3 weeks we finally are mostly settled in!! We are living in a smaller suburb just north of Tel Aviv called Herzliya Pituah. Its definitely been a bit of a haul :-)
It took till two days ago before we had Internet of our own and cable too so sorry for the posting delays! The flight in went smoothly which was greatly appreciated by Sebastian and I given the day before was spent fighting with the contractor transportation company about sending out X5 to Israel. Moving to new lands is always interesting.....
* telephone didn't work in the house and we think it is the line...turns out to be the phone! (this takes 10 days as you cannot simply call up the phone company - the listings are all in Hebrew :-)
* smaller express shipment comes just fine but the household goods (HHG)is still in Grafenwohr a MONTH later; they claim they didn't know where to ship it. Funny the same moving company picked up both shipments on the same day! Gotta luv those contractors!
* HHG is now being expedited and is expected at the end of this month - now we need the port workers to stop their strike!
* stuff that was supposed to be in the express shipment for the kids, is somehow, hopefully, sitting in the HHG for Israel
* still don't have the X5 yet. Not sure where it is really...Know others for whom, once it got here, it sat in customs for up to a month. Better than Jerusalem though - one person I know waited 2.5 months!
* food costs about double here for most items that are not produce (which are still more expensive)..for example; Pedigree dog food 9 lb bag is now $19; what we would call mac & cheese is $2.50, and regular dried pasta can range up to $4 a box! We will be losing weight here and Ty can not longer share with Max & Riley LOL
Lots of other little quirky things that I am sure will come out in future posts! For the time being I just wanted to say Hi to all and get some photos up. OH! And Ty celebrated her 2nd birthday here - not many pics I am ashamed to say but it was fun. We hit Tel Aviv, Jaffa and a great mall close by where she picked out her elephant couch. The next day we took her to the beach :-)
Okay gotta run..here are some pictures for now! Miss you all!!
Ty's first archaeological site
Hey what do you expect - we just moved (and it IS a food group for my Daddy!)
Ty at the beach
The girls on Ty's new elephant couch
But Alex prefers her swing - something that did make it here!!
1 comment:
WOW - sounds like a lot of exploring to do in the new country. If I EVER move anywhere I am definitely going to call you to get the inside scoop.
Good luck! Happy Birthday Ty!
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