Day off today following Opening Ceremonies

Just brief update. Opening ceremonies yesterday evening at Ramat-Gan National Stadium were quite a spectacle. Thousands of athletes from all over the world, Jason Leezak, Benjamin Netanyahu prime minister of Israel, Shimon Peres, president of Israel and many famous performers, singers, musicians and acrobats. Spoke with Benjamin about the experience this morning. He reports USA shirts were in high demand. He managed to participate in the international shirt swapping tradition, snatching an Aussie shirt, a Brazil shirt and a Brazil team cap. I will post a few photos later. The team got back very late but has a rest day today. We are going to pick Benjamin up shortly at Shefayim and will hopefully take him to the beach and spoil him a little until bringing him back this evening. Tomorrow they play Mexico at Hadassah Neurim fields north of Netanya. For those who would like to see more photos, I have loaded a few shots with more to come onto shutterfly site. Le'hitraot.
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