Once again it has taken me awhile to update the blog, but I have a very good excuse this time. My parents arrived here a little more than a week and a half ago, and I wanted to spend as much time with them as possible while they were here! If you know me, you know I am not one for day trips and travel, but since my parents made the trip half way across the world, I owed it to them to be the best tour guide I could. The first free day we had we headed down to Tel Aviv and ended up spending a good three hours at the beach. We found a really cool restaurant on the water, and we just chilled, starin' into the ocean for a long while. It was real cool, and when we were done, we had to head back to Haifa because I practiced early the next day. During the week last week, we stayed local in Haifa, visiting the German Colony and the Baha'i Gardens... two local touristy spots in Haifa. Both places were pretty cool, the Baha'i Gardens are beautiful, but we couldn't go all the way in because it was closed up that day. Other than those two visits, we really just laid low during the week, went to a bunch of great restaurants and enjoyed each other's company. When this last Sunday rolled around it was game time again (the second game my parents got to see) and fortunately for myself and them, I got some real good minutes in the 1st half, and played real well. I had two quick 3's as soon as I got into the game, and played 10 mins total in the first half. We ended up beating Ramat Gan pretty well, by about 20 points, and I ended up with 8 pts, 2 assists, and 2 boards in 12 mins. It was great to be able to get that much playin' time with my parents in the building, and they really enjoyed it.
The next day (this Monday) it was their last full day in Israel, and I had the day off, so we day tripped down to Jerusalem. Knowing we didn't have a whole bunch of time, we headed straight for the Western Wall. It was a real cool experience to be able to go to the wall with my pops (the wall is sectioned off so only men can go on one side, and females on the other). We got some really good pictures, so if anyone wants to see them, just shoot me an e-mail at golden.todd@gmail.com and I will send 'em to you. We spent about 2 hours in the Old City of Jerusalem, and it was a great experience.
As for hoop, I have been playing a lot more (12 mins last game, 15 mins the game before that) so hopefully this is a trend that continues... we are 9-4, and have 3rd place to ourselves, so we are in very good position right now... hopefully we can keep it up. That's it for now, and remember, if you want to see those pics, just shoot me an e-mail. Be good.
