Well... the Hotel Room is Nice

So today was the big conference prep day. I have been totally slacking and putting off finishing my presentation but it had to be done and today was the day I focused on "getting 'er done." We "slept in" meaning we were both up by 7:30 and down having breakfast in our hotel by 8am. I was back in the room by 8:30 working. Sue set out to see some more of the city. While I was working she visited Old Jaffa and did some exploring. She found some places for us to eat dinner, where the shoe stores are at, and the best way to get back to Jerusalem tomorrow morning.

Sue was back at 11:30, we then raced (I was under the clock) to the Eden House (where we has the glorious croissant yesterday.) We had asked when they would be serving breakfast until and they said 1pm so we have a breakfast for lunch at Eden House and Oh my! was it every good! We couldn't decide from all the delicious options so we ordered two things to share. We had the Eggs Benedict with smoked salmon and the Croque Madame with a salad. The Eggs Benedict was stellar! First of all it was on home-made freshly-baked brioche! Followed with a generous portion of smoked salmon, two perfectly poached eggs, with a great hollandaise sauce where you could see the mustard seeds. It also has chives and some salmon roe. The Croque Madame started with a home-made croissant (as previously mentioned, fabulous) and had gouda cheese, black forest ham, a perfectly poached egg, and wilted spinach. It was all served on antique dishes. Mom, you would have loved it!

I then headed back to the hotel for more work while Sue continued on seeing the sights. Around 4pm Sue came back and we watched the sunset from the roof of our hotel with a glass a wine (yeah Sue!) We then walked to the street where Sue saw shoes and I got two pairs! Okay... I only spent $100! They are both all leather one of them is made in Israel. I can't wait to wear them!

We then has some salads by the beach. They were so-so... not nearly as good as the lunch we had.

Tomorrow back to Jerusalem and the conference begins!

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