Tel Aviv

3/13
Finally, a long weekend for some sleeping! I got to leave Thursday night after I was done with class. We ate dinner at Tzuba then headed off to Tel Aviv for the weekend. We didn’t get there too late so me and daddy of course did a little exploring of around our hotel. We walked down to the beach for a little bit and were watching a thunderstorm that was happening in the distance over the water.
3/14
After getting a solid 10 hours of sleep, we had a very leisurely morning. We got up and wandered down to the hotel restaurant for breakfast. Let me just say, those waffles were so yummy. Maybe it’s just because I haven’t had any in months but they were superb. And the fruit! There were so many to choose from. I got to eat peaches and kiwi all in one sitting! After eating a very filling breakfast, we hopped in a cab and headed to the Carmel Market where we ran into a bunch of people from my trip. It smelled so good in there and it was packed! Then we walked to Sabazi Street and got some really good (Osney Haman) and the “best” gelato (and ran into some more people I knew). Then we walked down Rothschild Street for a little bit before heading back to the hotel for a nice mid afternoon nap J. Then it was dinner at Herbert Samuels and some delicious food.
3/15
Just another sleep-in day, yay! We took our time in the morning (a little too much time) then breakfast at Gilly’s (a little restaurant at the seaport) and drove to Jaffa, but not without running into Tessa first! Once we got to Jaffa I finally got to use my camera (the big one that they brought). We were porobably in Jaffa for a few minutes max before we ran into more of my friends hahah. We explored there for a little bit and got some cool views before going back to the hotel for some rest time/nap on the beach. After we all woke up we went out for dinner then we went to the Zombie Parade! Originally we were just going to meet up with one of my friends there but we ended up running into Sam, Ophir, Tessa, Tova, Sadie, and Aliya! It was so much fun! The people dressed up got so into character. We walked with the mob for a while until we reached Max Brenners but we decided it was a little too crowded so settled for ice cream next door (at like 11 at night :D). Then we decided to walk back to the hotels. That was a bad idea. It took us about 45 minutes to navigate back there through some zig zaging back roads and such.
Quote of the night:
"One hat no make full costume. One earing no make full costume."

3/16
This was our last day in Tel Aviv. Instead of meeting the group for a Purim parade in Holon, we slept in nice and late. We had a nice relaxing day and finished it off by having dinner on the beach before driving back to the Kibbutz.
I slept a lot this weekend but that’s not bad, just trying to catch up a little. Also making the goal of the week to get un-sick before we go to Poland (yes, i'm still sick somehow, but at least my voice is almost completely back!).