We're staying in an apartment overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. Our living room windows is wall-to-wall and floor-to-ceiling windows with a view of the Sea. It's got 3 bedrooms and is big by Israeli standards. It's owned by this lady Natalie who is from Russia. It came equipped with pretty much everything we need.
SOME FACTS:
Netanya was founded by 2 Englishmen; one was named Nathan who Netanya's named after. It feels like there are literally a million ice cream stores here. On the Jewish Sabbath (Saturday), everything's closed. Finally, Netanya's located on a cliff with a beautiful beach on the bottom and a really long boardwalk on top with restaurants, wild rosemary and lots of stray cats. It is the beach paddle ball ("machtot") capital of Israel. The Israeli diamond-finishing industry is here. It is in the Sharon Valley, famous for its oranges. There are a lot of French and Russian immigrants in Netanya, and the American immigrants are mostly senior citizens. Netanya is 20 miles north of Tel Aviv and the traffic between the two cities is terrible!
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