Saturday, June 16, 2012

Proposal

     We decided to spend two nights at the wonderful B&B in Rosh Pinna. Our cousins headed back to the Kibbutz and we wandered around this old city. It was built in the late 1800's, so it is really not old by Israeli standards, but the cobblestone streets and rock buildings makes it feel a bit like Zfat.
     There is an Israeli custom that brides travel around right before the wedding and take pictures in different locations. On our walk through the tiny old part of town we saw two brides posing under aches and in front of flowers, while a car decked in flowers dropped off a third. We walked by and said "mazel tov" which actually means good start (as in astrology) to the brides while cameras clicked.
Most of these buildings have been renovated with electricity and plumbing, but there are still a couple that are in their original condition. Actually, since I doubt there was vegetation in the living areas originally, they are in worse condition. Ric decided that a couple of these had potential for a family B&B business.

 He wandered around and peered in windows while we tried to decipher the Hebrew for sale signs. Some have amazing views, which of course you can see when you look through the windows since there are few intact walls inside. He was planning our next trip and retirement plan, giving out job assignments to each family member.
The rocks are the same type used for building in Zfat and have the same "songs" in them. The town faces the Golan Heights and Jordan River valley. There is good wine, great weather, and most people spoke at least some English.
   The sun was setting and my very NOT romantic husband said that if I would marry him again, he would come to our wedding. I think that was a proposal. Since I do need him under the Chuppa for this entire traveling wedding dress idea to work, I said yes. So now we are officially engaged and can start working on more wedding details!

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