Hey! We are about to leave for the airport for Paris, so I’m writing my blog post now. Over the past week or so, we have done quite a few things. We hung out with our friend, Noam, at his house and went to a park in the neighborhood. We’ve been friends since before we moved away from Israel. Later that week, we went to a Shabbat lunch with our family. That night, we went to the concert of a famous Israeli singer called Idan Raichel. I highly recommend his music, it’s very good. The next day, we went to our friend Catia’s house. She used to teach Asher sensory development when we lived in Israel; I used to tag along in order to feel important. Her one-year-old grandson came and I got to play with him for a while. For dinner that night, we ate at a restaurant with our friends from Boulder, Fiona and Nimrod. They’re both really fun people, and Fiona makes excellent matzo-ball soup! The next night was Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. We went to Ofer’s cousin’s house where we met roughly thirty family members. There was a lot of food (we’re in Israel after all), including multiple cakes. Then, after we ate, we all sat down around my third cousin (twice removed!), Nadav, who plays the guitar. We all sang some songs together, but then the family wanted me to sing for them, so I sang a song that I had been working on with my voice teacher called Tzipor Shneya, Second Bird in English. Then, they made me sing a couple more songs because they’re my family and they’re Israelis… On Monday night, we went to Ofer’s friend, Ravit’s, house to get together. I hung out with the kids, specifically 3rd-grader Noga who can do a phenomenal Hermione Granger impression, and Tamar, who is sweet and really great with animals. There was a beautiful cat there with oddly soft fur and a great shape. The cat also had vibrant green eyes. 
Now, I’m about to leave for Paris, so I’ll wrap this up. (By the way, if anyone was wondering what I was doing in between all of this, the answer is a LOT of homework.)
Shana Tova, and Au Revoir!
Ella
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