Chapter 34, Nahal Alexander
If you were looking for a romantic place where you can take your girlfriend or wife at night, or even a place where you can take you your kids for a quite relaxing afternoon on the water you would go to “ Na h al Alexander.” A river named after Alexander the great. It was a bout ½ hour bus ride north of Netanya. A short walk from the station would bring you to an interesting restaurant on the northern bank of the river. It had a big aquarium filled with a shark in formaldehyde. Yes, a real dead shark. I remember looking at it mesmerized every time we stop there and wonder; how can anybody eat with that smell of formaldehyde in the air. Next to the restaurant was a nice wooden dock with wooden rowboats lined up for rent. Some were for two and some for four or even six. Depending on the size of your group. Further away at the end of the dock was a smaller extension where fishermen stood and tried to catch some fish. Mom, Dad, Avi and I went to Nahal Alexander on one afternoon. We re...