Final days of Holiday and back to Israel

Well as I write this, I'm actually been back in Israel for 3 days now. It felt a bit weird coming back after being with my family for the 1st time in nearly 7 months and the 1st time back in the UK in 10 months and I it wasn't until Friday night that felt a bit down as a result. Still I got over it and I'm now back to my cheerful self... okay cheerful, got a cold and coughing self but still I'm back to semi normal.
Well the rest of my holiday was quite busy and fun, On Monday I spent the day with my parents and it was nice just to spend the time with the 2 of them. In the evening I travelled to Warrington where I met up with my friend Steve and we went to this Chinese Buffet Restaurant we had used to go to when I was still in the UK and in the North. Always nice to catch up with a friend. Then Tuesday I spent with a friend who visited from London and we just strolled around Manchester city centre, browsing in shops. Tuesday evening I had my one and only home cooked meal and for those who read my status it was prepared by my Dad and not my Mum. Wednesday was another day with my parents where we did a bit of shopping for me to bring some stuff back to Israel, include chocolate digestives. After lunch we went to the National Football Museum in Manchester City Centre and it was pretty cool as there were mentions of my hometown club and hopefully soon to be back in the Premier League Hull City... although who ever had the idea to use the Hull City Tiger Print Kit for one of the displays, should really have known better. The Picture of me with the kit is on Facebook for those who don't know what I am talking about.
Then finally as a family we had dinner in one of the local restaurants where the Burger I had was so big I had to actually eat the burger without the bread around it... yes it was that big. And then it was home to relax for a few more hours before getting up early to catch my flight back to Israel. The flight itself was uneventful, though it landed late due to delays in Manchester, but it was nice to be back in a warmer country after the cold temperatures of England for a week. I hope that I'll be back though in a few months as it will be Cousin Roberts Barmitzvah.
Anyway having been back, I arrived in time for Purim. Now my own experiences of Purim mostly in the UK are that pretty much most young children and a few adults will get dressed up for the Megillah reading at the local synagogue. Here in Israel it’s a bit different with pretty much everyone participating in dressing up over a few days. In this case from Friday to today, with a street party in Tel Aviv where there were various costumes including I believe Bob the Builder, Mario and Luigi, a variety of Supergirl, Wonder Woman and the odd Smurfette, one of whom I managed to get a picture of. I even got into the spirit at a party on Saturday Night, see below. There are also a few pics of people dressed up on my Facebook if you care to have a look. It’s actually quite fun to see everyone dressed up and having fun, it’s almost like the 3 days are an excuse to let go and just have fun for a few days before everything returns to normal
Well that's everything for now, hope you have enjoyed reading and I hear from you all soon.