Celebrating 10 Years!

Well we are here!! With no real issues, except lack of sleep, we arrived in Israel at 5:20 AM June 6 local time (our 10th year anniversary!). Even though we just left home a few hours ago we already feel like we have made so many memories. Our flight from Vancouver to London wasn’t quite as relaxing as we hoped (Reese was still partying at midnight). We had a nine hour lay over in London which allowed us some quick sightseeing. Reese was very excited to see where a real live queen lived. While we were at Buckingham palace some police arrived and were guarding one of the entrances. A couple police-escorted vehicles arrived and Michelle saw the Queen! Jeff was a tad annoyed because the Queen drove by at the exact time Michelle was bossily making him get the camera out and he missed her! Sorry Jeff.

Since arriving in Israel we set up our homebase (Gloria hotel) and set out to explore the Old City , in 37 degree weather no less. In a very short time we saw tons of stuff, highlighted by the Western Wall, view of the Mount of Olives, and weaving through the VERY crowded markets.

To celebrate our anniversary we planned on eating out at a nice restaurant but because of Shabbat (Jewish day of rest) we found ourselves out of luck. So, equally as memorable but less fancy, the Renauds enjoyed some corn on the cob at Jaffa Gate on the sidewalk!

It’s 9:37pm and the kids have been sleeping for 2 full hours…let’s hope that turns into 12 hours.

Hope all is well with all of you!