Guest guest Posted August 9, 2001 Report Share Posted August 9, 2001 Ruthie, so glad you took the time to email us - I've been worrying! But your tale of the handbag made me smile as it reminded me of a girly night out about 10 yrs ago when a friend told us about her disastrous holiday (started with car problems leaving London for Portsmouth and the ferry, car problems continued till southern France, and ended with the car being broken into and all their belongings stolen in Pamplona - and it was a 3 week holiday and she'd taken loads and loads of clothes with her and the repairs to the car took some while and and and...) and as we finished the wine and got up to go from the wine bar to the restaurant she realised that her handbag had been stolen! The policeman we reported it to was kind of teasing her, saying " there MUST have been more than that in it, all women carry more than that in their handbags! " She smiled wanly and said " Well, I did, but I haven't got round to replacing it all yet... " We bought her dinner and another VERY big drink!!! Anneliese and Toddler Tim who had his first kosher chicken nuggets yesterday. Letter from Jerusalem... Thursday. Well, in case anyone has heard the news, there was a suicide bomber in Jerusalem at lunchtime today; he blew himself and 3 Israelis up, and injured dozens more, in Spiro Pizza restaurant which Tavya and Dov have frequented in the past. In fact they were going to go to that exact same area of central Jerusalem this afternoon; there is a library opposite; but Dov's Dad phoned from UK and told him the news before he heard it himself. The whole of that part of central Jerusalem is closed off; apparently they found and defused a second device in the same restaurant. It's very scary cos DH was not 100 yds from there this morning, much earlier on though. He went to see a lawyer we use here about getting us a parking permit for our rented car. As we live centrally, we are in a controlled parking area and can't park outside our own house without a permit, which is almost impossible to get on a rented car. Anyhow, we got one, for this trip only; we'll need to reapply each time we come; PITA but beats getting tickets all the time. The bomb has sobered us. Like an omen, Zehava's handbag has gone missing, it had, as most handbags do, her entire life inside it. Driving licence, credit and debit cards, and expensive birthday-present camera, pics of all her friends, store loyalty cards (the Boots one is the hardest to replace, takes ages!). We have searched and searched, phoned the restaurant where we ate last night (who were really brusque and didn't even offer to take our number in case it shows up), but have now reluctantly phoned to cancel the cards. Maybe the loss of her handbag is God's way of telling us " Look, don't complain; it could have been worse. You could have been at Spiros Pizza for lunch today " . Ruthie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 9, 2001 Report Share Posted August 9, 2001 Ruthie, so glad you took the time to email us - I've been worrying! But your tale of the handbag made me smile as it reminded me of a girly night out about 10 yrs ago when a friend told us about her disastrous holiday (started with car problems leaving London for Portsmouth and the ferry, car problems continued till southern France, and ended with the car being broken into and all their belongings stolen in Pamplona - and it was a 3 week holiday and she'd taken loads and loads of clothes with her and the repairs to the car took some while and and and...) and as we finished the wine and got up to go from the wine bar to the restaurant she realised that her handbag had been stolen! The policeman we reported it to was kind of teasing her, saying " there MUST have been more than that in it, all women carry more than that in their handbags! " She smiled wanly and said " Well, I did, but I haven't got round to replacing it all yet... " We bought her dinner and another VERY big drink!!! Anneliese and Toddler Tim who had his first kosher chicken nuggets yesterday. Letter from Jerusalem... Thursday. Well, in case anyone has heard the news, there was a suicide bomber in Jerusalem at lunchtime today; he blew himself and 3 Israelis up, and injured dozens more, in Spiro Pizza restaurant which Tavya and Dov have frequented in the past. In fact they were going to go to that exact same area of central Jerusalem this afternoon; there is a library opposite; but Dov's Dad phoned from UK and told him the news before he heard it himself. The whole of that part of central Jerusalem is closed off; apparently they found and defused a second device in the same restaurant. It's very scary cos DH was not 100 yds from there this morning, much earlier on though. He went to see a lawyer we use here about getting us a parking permit for our rented car. As we live centrally, we are in a controlled parking area and can't park outside our own house without a permit, which is almost impossible to get on a rented car. Anyhow, we got one, for this trip only; we'll need to reapply each time we come; PITA but beats getting tickets all the time. The bomb has sobered us. Like an omen, Zehava's handbag has gone missing, it had, as most handbags do, her entire life inside it. Driving licence, credit and debit cards, and expensive birthday-present camera, pics of all her friends, store loyalty cards (the Boots one is the hardest to replace, takes ages!). We have searched and searched, phoned the restaurant where we ate last night (who were really brusque and didn't even offer to take our number in case it shows up), but have now reluctantly phoned to cancel the cards. Maybe the loss of her handbag is God's way of telling us " Look, don't complain; it could have been worse. You could have been at Spiros Pizza for lunch today " . Ruthie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 9, 2001 Report Share Posted August 9, 2001 > Ruthie, so glad you took the time to email us - I've been worrying! I guessed people might wonder if I was OK ) All my kids who are not with us phoned us today to make sure we are all right too! I hear helicopters overhead all the time right now.. Ruthie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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