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Israel- Day 1 Recap
Jul. 9th, 2009 10:38 amin a handy-dandy bullet point format. :-)
-Aliza met me at the airport, and we hopped a sherut (shared taxi) to our hotel in Jerusalem.
-We grabbed something to eat near the hotel (Israeli bagels are... different), then hopped a bus downtown, and walked to the Old City. It was nice to see my old stomping grounds again.
-We took a tour of Ir David and walked through the Hezekiah tunnel.. The Antiquities comission thoughtfully provided a place to buy knockoff Crocs, since the water reaches knee-height at times.
-After returning to the hotel for a quick nap, we headed back downtown to dinner at El Gaucho. Amazing steak, really. The whole experience (The waitress described the menu! There was an amuse-bouche! Even the dessert was fancy!) put every kosher restaurant back home to shame.
-We followed up dinner with some shopping on the midrechov, then went back to the hotel for the night.
Today's going to be more low-key because of the fast, but I suspect that tonight will involve sushi. :-)
If people want to get in touch with Aliza and me while we're in town, our cell number is 052-364-2310
-Aliza met me at the airport, and we hopped a sherut (shared taxi) to our hotel in Jerusalem.
-We grabbed something to eat near the hotel (Israeli bagels are... different), then hopped a bus downtown, and walked to the Old City. It was nice to see my old stomping grounds again.
-We took a tour of Ir David and walked through the Hezekiah tunnel.. The Antiquities comission thoughtfully provided a place to buy knockoff Crocs, since the water reaches knee-height at times.
-After returning to the hotel for a quick nap, we headed back downtown to dinner at El Gaucho. Amazing steak, really. The whole experience (The waitress described the menu! There was an amuse-bouche! Even the dessert was fancy!) put every kosher restaurant back home to shame.
-We followed up dinner with some shopping on the midrechov, then went back to the hotel for the night.
Today's going to be more low-key because of the fast, but I suspect that tonight will involve sushi. :-)
If people want to get in touch with Aliza and me while we're in town, our cell number is 052-364-2310
