You know you are in Israel when...

So we knew things would be different when we got here, from the basics such as the language and currency to the luxuries such as not having a car, etc. However, we didn't appreciate how inherent the differences would be to reflect the religious and cultural tendencies of the population. Then we bought a Brita pitcher...



...so in the states the "fancy" Brita pitchers have a digital reader on the top that lets you know how long the filter has been in use and when to put in a new filter. However, for the orthodox Jewish population it causes a slight problem with the use of the pitchers (and therefore the electrical/digital reader). But not here in Israel - here we still have the manual reader - set it to the date you put in the filter and now at that same time next month to change the filter - yes it is only a month her per a filter - quality of water is something we do miss.