TRAGEDY

Today is a very sad day... My bike was stolen...

Usually during the day I park it outside my building on the side, and at night I park it in my stairwell, hauling it upstairs 4 flights and locking it to the metal banister. But two nights ago I came home very late and I was lazy and left it outside, only to find out in the morning that it was stolen. I am very sad.

I had gotten so used to biking in Tel Aviv, it is truly the best way to get around the city, and the bike, along with my cell phone, was becoming one of my staple possessions (see the photo below that Joy took when she was here last week). Just thinking about some stranger on my bike makes me want to cry. I barely had it for 3 weeks.I decided not to give up, and I am going to get a new bike. I'm going to go to the place in Yaffo that sells used (read: stolen) bikes for cheap, and I'm going to make sure that I do not get lazy about locking it upstairs at night.

Very sad day...