This past weekend, we packed up and went to our favourite camping spot along a beachy area not too far from Haifa. Friends of ours had already set up before we were able to get there, as I needed to work late, but the warm welcome when we stepped onto the sand with mint tea and bonfire already waiting for us, made a weeks worth of daily stress slip away quicker than a wink.
Together we handily managed to get my tent up in record time, chik chok, and we went about padding the inside with our expertly positioned sleeping bag and blankets. Between chatter in hebrew, english, and arabic, we whiled away the weekend hours making up rhythms and melodies, swimming out to reefs and declaring them conquered, examining moss crabs, running through sand dunes and abandoned paths, playing matkot, killing the game of soccer, and generally combining efforts to make the best bbq's in existance with lots of fresh vegetables from the arab village nearby.
Adorable made up songs in an instant and did one honouring the amazing shakshuka that our good friend Allaa made. I got it all on iphone video. Give it a month, the song's going to be the next national hit. hahaha. I'm ralling for it to be included on his new israeli ep.
Besides the fact that the weekend was incredible. I think I truly witnessed the power of music to bridge any divide.
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