It's deja vu all over again -- I'm back in Israel, this time with my husband Mike. As we hoped, we're here a few days before our synagogue's group tour arrives. Unfortunately, our cousins here in Tel Aviv are away for the weekend, so we're on our own. The flight was okay -- an unhappy baby across the aisle cried off and on most of the night, but we were in the bulkhead row and had lots of leg room.
We took a taxi to our hotel, The Lily & Bloon. Very nice room and the staff is so friendly and helpful. After a little unpacking we wandered off to find lunch. Ate at a nice dairy restaurant where I had another one of my "green" drinks (Kate captioned one of the photos in January -- mom had a lot of odd green things to drink) -- lemon mint slushy -- while Mike had fresh orange juice.
We then walked through the original part of Tel Aviv -- Neve Tzedek and then down to the beach on the Mediterranean. As it was in the 80s (28C to be precise) there were not only people surfing but also swimming. And we saw down a few blocks the Dan Panorama -- where we'll stay with the group. Back to the hotel for some quiet time (reading) but no sleep. Wandered out to Rothschild Blvd. to find dinner at Rustico, a nice little Italian restaurant, where we ate outside. I had a yummy mushroom risotto and Mike had some homemade gnocchi. Will probably be an early evening as we're still not really in this time zone.
Photos for day one
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment