Tel Aviv for the day

After I made breakfast, we headed into Tel Aviv for the day. It was lovely out, and we walked from the central bus station down to the beach. Eventually, we settled on the beach near Hotel Opera, and after finding some shade, set up camp for the afternoon. Within a little while Whitney and Nicole were sleeping, so I went to find some snacks for us.

Popping Chocolate, Strawberries and Bomba in hand I headed back to the beach. Gelato looked amazing, and so I grabbed a small thing of it just before stepping onto the beach. Before I even arrived back where we were, most of the Gelato had melted onto my hands and was dripping into the sand. I dropped the other items off, and decided to eat the Gelato as fast as possible to avoid losing more.

Brain Freeze!

Whitney and Nicole tested the waters, but decided to wait for warmer days. I never even made it into my bathing suit.

Afterwards, in the late afternoon, we meandered North along the beach, and then headed into the city. Ended up at the same place where I had my cappuccino previously. We decided to break our fast from bread there, and had a nice relaxing meal. On the way, we walked through independence park, and stopped to see the sun set.


















Afterwards, we meandered through Tel Aviv until it was close to 11 and then headed to Mikes Place to hear Izy, my roommate, play at an open mic night.  We shared some nachos, listened to music and then caught a sherut home.  It was an excellent evening.

This morning I woke up late, or so I thought.  I quickly got dressed, and went to Ulpan at 8:30.  Jonathan (Argentine) showed up half an hour later.  It was around that time that I checked my phone and discovered that in fact class wasn't until 10:00.  I ended up sleeping in front of the building, sprawled out on the ground while Jonathan copied some of my verb sheets.

After Ulpan, where almost the entire class eventually showed up, I went to Arab Kadima.  We ate there, and then played games with the children.  First it was musical chairs, which Judita led.  She wasn't feeling well and left shortly after.  Then it was duck duck goose.  Except, that they couldn't say it, so it became "duck duck goops".

You can see a short video of Musical Chairs on youtube.com.  Take note of the Argentine in the third round, wearing a yellow shirt.

In the evening I headed into Tel Aviv to meet up with friends and drive back, stopping to pick up groceries for our trip for the next few days.