I apologize for being so scarce in updating my blog lately. When I'm not busy I'm usually trying to use my few blocks of free time for some more adventuring out and about in Israel, but I keep forgetting to save time to actually share updates on them! This past weekend I finally got around to exploring Tel Aviv. Thursday a bunch of my fellow Arabic classmates, Noah, and I all headed back to Jaffa. We decided to take advantage of the 84 degree weather in December.
A pretty view of Jaffa beach and the city.
Noah and I in Jaffa. (Photo credits to Kati.)
We spent the day leisurely enjoying the markets and cafes around Jaffa before heading to the beach. We really hadn't intended on swimming, but the weather was amazing so we found ourselves spending our afternoon in the Mediterranean.
A rare sighting of Arabic students enjoying free time.
(L to R: Simon [Australia], Theresa [Germany], Kati [England], myself, and Lisa [Netherlands])
At the end of the day most of the group headed back to Jerusalem but Noah and I had booked accommodations to spend the rest of the weekend in Tel Aviv. We met up with Noah's friend Roi who showed us around the city. Including the best place for ice cream ever.
Roi and I take our ice cream very seriously.
Although we hadn't actually met Roi until that weekend we became fast friends. Without his help we would have been horribly lost and missed out on so much of Tel Aviv. Plus we got to enjoy Shabbat dinner even away from our usual Shabbat at the student village.
Saturday we lazily made our way to brunch before enjoying a little more time on the beach. We took our last day in Tel Aviv as leasurely as possible filling our day with louging seaside and sampling some more restaurants before finally heading back to Jerusalem.
Another beautiful beach in Israel.
I can't believe this is what I'm doing with my "winter".
A beautiful sunset on our last evening in Tel Aviv.
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