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Our Belgian friends Sam and Nicole have to visit Tel-Aviv for a day, it is Hanukkah, schools are out, and we take their kids
for a picnic in the desert. Joshua climbs every hill and mountain we encounter, closely followed by Henk.
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What goes up, must come down, in a hurry....
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First, we go to see the Amram Pillars, because the kids have not yet been there.
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Luckily Joshua is wearing his Spiderman T-shirt, making him cling firmly to the rocks.
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Valerie clings a bit less, for a slight vertigo makes the climb rather more difficult...
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....but she too reaches the top and gets in between the pillars.
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Good precaution to wear old clothes, because the chalk rocks are very powdery and dusty.
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We drive some more through the desert, along the rock formation called "submarine" near Be'er Ora, and make
the picnic in a small valley surrounded by colorful mountains.
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Pita, hummus, boiled eggs, and naturally for this time of year: Zufkaniot. Hmmmmm....
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Sonja teaches a first lesson of belly dance to Valerie. The boys are kindly requested to take a hike,
while the girls have fun at the rhythm of the tarbuka from an old, battery powered, CD player.
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Valerie thoroughly enjoys this! Henk and Joshua climb a couple more mountains and can only watch the show from a distance.
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We did it: hyper active Joshua falls asleep in the jeep on the way back home. A successful day indeed!
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