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Israeli Purchases

I meant to post this sooner but I’ve had a nasty chest infection  and been out of action

I didn’t go crazy spending on my recent holiday to Israel but I did get two pairs of boots.

One from a designer I’d never heard of but when I mentioned them on Twitter lots of people had. They are Melissa Shoeboots in Ashanti Blue. I love them, they aren’t too high ( I dont walk well in heels), I was a bit about concerned about what to wear them with however they seem to go great with leggings and jeans.

Melissa Ashanti Blue Shoeboot

The other pair of boots are Tommy Hilfiger Snowboots in white. They are sooooooooo comfy & I can’t stop wearing them.

Tommy Hilfiger Snowboots

I also picked up a selection of ear rings & cute butterfly clips

One of the ear rings they call a “floating earring”, you can barely make it out on the bottom of the photo.

I picked one of these up the last time I was in Israel in 1999 and wanted another one ever since. I have two piercings on my right ear, used to be on the left too but it’s closed up, anyhoo, this floating ear ring threads through both holes, kinda like a needle and tread:

Floating Ear Ring Magen David - no flash

Floating Ear Ring Magen David - flash

Has anyone else seen or heard of these types of ear rings before? I love it, wearing it at the mo, and my snowboots!

Mwah

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Eilat, Israel

Last June, Mum won complimentary flights to Tel Aviv with BMI through a Jewish Woman’s Week Lunch. Daddy K wasn’t interested in a visit to the Holy Land so never one to turn down a free holiday, I jumped on the bandwagon! We decided a week of sunshine in January in Eilat couldn’t hurt.

Mum booked the hotel and internal flight however it wasn’t all plain sailing. BMI were recently bought out by Lufthansa and proceeded to cancel the London Heathrow - Tel Aviv route. Right up to Christmas we had no idea if we would actually be going on the trip, we thought we might be sent through Frankfurt instead of London but just before New Year we got confirmation we were being transferred to an El Al flight.

I would guess El Al are the safest airline to fly, you may laugh but after 20 questions by security, practically, what did you have for breakfast Monday 3 weeks ago? It’s funny, El Al don’t bother with the liquid checks like other airlines however there’s not a hope of any B words getting onboard!

After 3 flights, and 4 airports we made it to the lovely Royal Beach, Eilat. We were upgraded to a Royal Room with jacuzzi bath, funky, if I wasn’t there with my Mum!

The hotel was lovely, the breakfasts filled with fresh fruit, omelettes, eggs etc cooked how you like them, pastries, donuts, pancakes, and anything you can imagine. It was also situated right on the beach and within walking distance of the Mall and market stalls.

Eilat itself is more like a resort which could be in any country as opposed to Israel, the Holy Land however while in the country I wanted to get some Jewish supplies for our house As agreed with Mr Bkenny I was allowed get a Chanukiah (please see my previous post)  & a Mezuzah.

Chanukiah

A Mezuzah is a piece of parchment inscribed with the prayer The Shema. The Mezuzah is fixed to the front door post of Jewish houses to fulfil the Mitzvah (good deed). Mezuzot are meant to be on each door way of the home except bathrooms and really small rooms however most people just have the one outside the front door. The parchment is rolled up and placed inside the Mezuzah.

Mezuzah & Parchment

Although the weather on our trip wasn’t great, we did manage to fit in swimming with dolphins at Dolphin Reef and snorkeling off Coral Beach.

Dolphin Reef 1

Dolphin Reef 2

Can’t believe  I’m posting these but here goes! I actually made it into a wet suit! Please excuse quality, I had to scan the originals.

Mummy K & I

Underwater Lee

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So after a week of relaxation and a lot of travelling I’m back to reality & back to work.

I am going to do a separate post with my other Israeli purchases so stay tuned

Lilah Tov (goodnight)  -לילה טוב

Mwah

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London - Part 1

The past 6 weeks or so have been so crazy for me that I haven’t had a chance to sit at my laptop and write about all the exciting things!

I have been to London twice, once with Brian as part of his birthday present and the second for my first ever work trip to the Airline Retail Conference.

My trip with Brian was great fun, we both love London but had never been together so I booked cheapy Ryanair flights and with a little help from Lastminute.com booked us into The Cumberland Hotel, Marble Arch.  The hotel has ultra modern decór and incredibly helpful staff. The location just off Oxford St is fantastic too.

After we settled in the hotel we met friends for some lunchies in Camden, we went to Haché, for some amazing burgers, I thoroughly recommend “Le Mexican”.

Le Mexican

After stuffing our faces we strolled along Camden, hadn’t been there in years but not much has changed. My only purchase in Camden was flat pink shoes from Office.

Office TOTO PUMP BRIGHT PINK SUEDE

We did bump into Kate Walsh  & Philip Taylor from this years UK Apprentice, they were stopped taking photos with others so I said why not!?

Kate Walsh, Me & Philip Taylor

We spent the night drinking around Leicester Square, had a great night, popped into Waxy O’Connors and ended the night classily in KFC! LOL!

On the Sunday we got up early and hit Oxford Street, surprised to see that most of the shops weren’t open till 11.30am. We found a lovely spot for brekkie and then waited for Selfridges to open, I am in love with that shop, I could happily spend the day there! I got my Mac Mineral Foundation so I was happy. I also purchased a pair of “jeggings” from Next, a black top with frills in H&M sale for £5 (bargain!).

We hit the Mac Shop, Regent Street where Brian purchased an iPhone 3G Dock & I got a InCase Slider in pink for my non exsistant iPhone!

InCase Slider Pink

We had lunch in Covent Garden and enjoyed the street performers & made our way back to the hotel and made our return journey.

I love London but this visit was far too short but very sweet

Mwah