Dara & Family at Camp on Visitors' Day (Artist's Rendering)
On Thursday, finally!, visiting day arrived and we all went off to see Dara at camp. On the way, we stopped at Ikea, conveniently located near Neve Hadassah, and power-purchased an l-shaped sofa. (More on that in future posts). At three o'clock, as visiting hours began, we arrived, and Dara was waiting for us at the gate. What happiness to see her!
She was hoarse, of course, and sounded rather like Marge Simpson. She showed us her room -- very orderly -- and took us a bit around camp. Then we met the other Tel Aviv families for the traditional visiting day pic-a-nic. Then we went to see the film Dara directed in her film group. Written by her friend Avigail Yehini and starring her, it told the story of a spoiled girl, anxious to leave camp, haranging her parents on the cell-phone: Pick me up! Pick me up! She shuns her campmates. But they do not shun her. Slowly, she is drawn in. By the end, she is delighted to be at camp. Moving, and with excellent production values.
Then it was on to a meeting of Dara's unit at camp, and an introduction to all the counselors. Not long later, there was a fabulous show, with some surprising good speeches, and then sadly it was already time to go. Now we have to wait four more days for Dara to come home, and it's harder than ever.
1 comment:
I wish we could have gone to visiting day at camp, however, I did enjoy the cartoon characters on the blog.
Where is the new sofa, as promised, on the blog?
See you soon.
GM
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