Eilat - Day 12

Breakfast was good, except there was no bread. Anywhere. It's Pesach, so I had to put butter and jam on matza. Hmm...... It was edible. Other things were good too, but I can't remember now.

The plan today was to go swimming and tanning. But the weather was less than cooperative. It drizzled again. So we went to the aquarium. It was really nice and I even saw some folks from the tour (there was an Eilat extension and some people bought it). The aquarium had all sorts of cute fish and there were quite a few visitors, but we came early in the morning so we got to see quite a bit before much of the crowd.
By the time we were finished here, it looked like the weather was turning around so we decided to go swimming after-all. So we went. It drizzled again, but stopped as soon as we got to the beach. Then, my uncle decided to go into the water. I just stuck a toe in to see if the water is warm. It wasn't. But he had his scuba suit on and wasn't as cold. I decided to sit on the shore and tan.
It was so windy the windsurfers were all out. I was afraid they'd reach the Jordan border (we could see the Jordanian flag from the beach quite clearly). Then, the older cousin who came with us decided she wanted to swim. So she went with her dad. She had a coat on but stuck her toes in. Quite a site.
By the time we finished this "swimming" adventure, we were ready for lunch. We went to an Argentinian-style restaurant (El Gaucho) and ordered steaks. Really yummy. As we were leaving we were approached by a guy offering a gift if we go into the jewelry store right next door. So we went in. And spent a lot of time there. A lot of time. They had a lot of unique and elegant things. I even found a few things I liked. No, I didn't buy anything. I have enough stuff I don't wear. Why buy more stuff I won't wear?

By this time the little cousin was really set on going to King's City. It's a place that's great for kids. Lots of little things to do, lots of illusions and activities and such. We spent probably 2 hours here. It was fun, but I think she had more fun than anyone.
And at this point, I was ready for the hotel and a hot shower. Not that it wasn't warm, but my back was killing me and I wanted to warm it up. The sun wasn't doing it, so I figured the water would.
Not only was I tired by the end of the day, but my throat was killing me. So far on this trip, it wasn't really a problem. I thought I had severe allergies because I kept sneezing all the time and thought that the sore throat I did have (a tiny bit) was as a result of these allergies. But this evening I also started to sound really really hoarse. I imagine I sounded like I went to 30 death-metal concerts and screamed at each of them.