Israel- Day 1 Recap

[arib]

in 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

Comments

[pseydtonne.livejournal.com]

Oh hey, Ari? If you go to Haifa, could you pick up a copy of the subway map and save any transit tickets? They have a five or six stop funicular that runs underground, a lot like Lyon does.

[arib.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, I didn't make it out to Haifa. It was too far out from the places we were staying. Also, according to the weather reports, it was in the high nineties/low hundreds, which is too darned hot!

We hope to get there next time, though.