Tel Aviv, A Whole New World

So we wanted to make sure we got a shuttle to Tel Aviv so we headed out around 8am. Based on the directions from our guide we walked down the not so well marked road just then the promised yellow shuttle showed up and dumped off a whole bunch of people. After asking "Tel Aviv?" and we got a nod, we all piled into the shuttle.


After 40 minutes we arrived in Tel Aviv at the bus station. One of our fellow tour participants, Penny, joined us on the journey to Tel Aviv so we all took a cab to our hotel where we dumped our luggage and then headed to Penny's hotel. Penny's hotel is WAY nicer than ours! Sue and I enjoyed a great cup of coffee and a freshly baked croissant at the french cafe attached to her hotel as she checked in.

From there we wandered to Old Jaffa Town, an ancient port city and also where Jonah was swallowed by a whale / fish. Tel Aviv is essentially Sundays in Canada before Sunday shopping was allowed. We walked the boardwalk by the Mediterranean Sea heading to Old Jaffa Town. Passing several beautiful beaches and making our way to the St. Peter's Church. We tried to visit the Wishing Bridge but it was closed. We got some great pomegranate lemonade. We did some shopping of the stores that were open, mostly galleries. I did get Smith this super cute bear made of socks.

From there we headed back to the hotel to change into our bathing suits, stopped at the grocery store for a picnic lunch, and then headed to the beach for a swim in the Mediterranean Sea (so now I've "swam" in all the seas here, Dead Sea, Red Sea, and now the Mediterranean Sea.) The water was cool but so refreshing.

We are now back at the hotel enjoying some great conversation and a great bottle of Israeli wine.

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