Park Hamoshava by the CK

(Text and pics by the CK, typing by the Katamom)

On the first Friday night after we got to Israel, we walked by Park Hamoshava on the way to services at the Kol Haneshama synagogue about 15-20 minutes from our dira. We called it Park Hamoshava because it is across the street from a building with a sign on it that said "Moshava" which means "colony" or "settlement" in Hebrew. We later found out that the park's real name is "Gan Beit Elisheva" according to Gidon, the friend that the WK and I made there. Park Hamoshava has a soccer court.

As you can kind of see, the people on the court are from my school. If you look close enough, you might see the gray shirt has my school logo on it. Usually, I go there because Gidon is almost always there. Park Hamoshava has a big grassy area with some rocks that you can climb on.

One of the rocks looks like it has a Mayan calendar on it.

There is also a jungle gym at the park. Usually, when we play a game like hide and seek (or another game that involves hiding), we usually hide near there.

After a couple of weeks, Katamom and Pentheus let us walk to the park and stay there by ourselves.

At the corner (across from the Moshava building) there is a "makolet" (convenience store) that has a lot of my favorite candies in it.

Usually, we get at least a shekel (about $0.25) to buy something. For a shekel, we can buy gum, a popsicle, or a Laffy Taffy. There is also another makolet by the park. There I get a watermelon popsicle.

I will miss Park Hamoshava when we leave Israel.