Shabbat in Tel Aviv. Sleep late. Have breakfast in our suite in the Best Western Regency. We bought some cream cheese, some cereal and yogurt the night before at the AM-PM store near the hotel. The hotel suite includes basic cutlery (silverware) and crockery.
Cousin Lynette picked us up for a family dinner in her lovely apartment. Husband Amitai, brother Lesley and his wife Gali were gracious hosts. From barely knowing Lynette and not knowing the rest of the family at all, we nopw have some new close cousins in Tel Aviv. The mission is already a success and it hasn't even started yet! The food was tasty. We enjoyed the meal, the company and the afternoon to such an extent that we only left after 5pm.
We met Harold and Brigitte at our hotel on our return. they had just flown in on Lufthansa, who they said were fantastic, making sure that they made the connection in Frankfurt. Kudos to them.
We went for a walk up to Dizengoff Circle, Dizengoff Centre and then down towards Allenby street and back to our hotel. The weather was great for walking, cool but not cold. We stopped for an ice cream on the way. Yum.
This morning we started with a business meeting on one of the highest floors of the Moshe Aviv tower. We had a spectacular view of Tel Aviv.
After returning to the hotel on the bus, which was a bit of an adventure, we took a long walk to Jaffa, whcih took us forty minutes to get there. After wandering around, we took a detour through some side streets of antique stores and quaint artifact stores.
We then walked back down to the seaside and back to the hotel, walking a total of two and a half hours.
After relaxing for a while and doing e-mail, watching Tv and reading on my kindle, we met Harold and Brigitte in their hotel room. they had returned from their excursion with friends, buying grenadillas and "mon" cake which were both delicious.
We then walked the short distance to the "best" falafel place in Tel Aviv, Gabai Falafel on Borkushov Street. It turned out to be an absolute delight. The food was excellent, the staff were unbelievably friendly and fun. We spoke to fellow patrons sitting outside with us at the sidewalk tables. We will definitely return there.
We came back to the hotel. It is now 10pm. Time for an early night before we meet the rest of the mission group tomorrow afternoon.
Until tomorrow....
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