Ah yes! The apartment is only a walk a way from the beach! Clearly the first thing we must do is go to the beach. And to the beach we went. We were warned that it's jellyfish season (a few weeks inJuly/August), the stinging kind. But no big deal, we'll just stay away from them. They're big enough to see. In the water we go. Weee!
La, ti-da, splash, swim splash. OUCH! $!%#! that hurts... ugh.. that stings.. brush it off, rub it off. Still stings a little.. Oh well, still like the sea.. la, ti-da, splash, swim splash. Gasp! point! jellyfish sighted... move away.. no big deal.. splash, swim splash, splash, swim splash. OUCH! brush it off, rub it off.. still stings a little... paranoia sets in... am I going to get stung now?.. no.. phew.. splash, swim splash... how about now? no... la, ti-da, splash, swim, OUCH! That's it! I'm getting out! The bloom of jellyfish wins!
Apparently floating severed tentacles in the water still has it's vicious powers when in contact with human skin. Boooooo! That stings in more ways than one!
We are not the only ones annoyed by this. In fact, the entire country is affected. And it's getting worse each year. It all started with the opening of the Suez Canal (man made) which allowed the migration of the jellyfish from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean sea. The decline of sea turtles (natural jellyfish predator) due to coastal construction by humans is also adding to the problem. So... yup, it's our fault really. We think we can mess with mother nature. Sorry, mother nature.=(
Luckily for us and the rest of the coastal population, the jellyfish season ended just a couple of weeks after our arrival. So off to the sea we go. La, ti-da, splash, swim splash. Weee!=)
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