Maybe we needed to celebrate the release of the Israeli couple from Turkish jail.  Maybe we were celebrating our new Tesla.  Maybe we just wanted to visit with good friends.  In any case, we found ourselves this evening at Maris, a Turkish restaurant.  We’ve been there many times before, and know the possibilities and limitations of their menu, and keep coming back.  It’s a kind of homey place, with limited niceties – like new silverware with each course, and water-on-demand, but the food is good and the place is crowded.   

Still, I would really like to be able to go to Turkey myself and enjoy the real thing.  Israelis love Turkey, and visit there a lot, but until we can be immunized, we’re sticking to places in the Negev or up north.