First Night in Tel Aviv!

Hello! Shalom! I'm here! My 9:00PM flight out of JFK last night arrived at the Ben Gurion Airport at 1:45 PM today. The flight seemd quick, I was able to get a good bit of sleep and read. I took the train to a bus station in Tel Aviv and then walked about 30 min to the hostel, which is in a very ahem discrete location but totally funky and relaxed. I opted to walk to get the lay of the land (and I'm all for being cheap in foreign countries!) and just be able to move and observe Tel Aviv. I'm checking in in about 2 hours and until then I plan to just read and eat some hummus and red pepper spread I got from a local grocery - leave exploring for the next couple of days - no rush! I did walk down Florentine Street which had a lot of groceries, restaurants, and little food places. Where I've explored is very urban so far but I think I'll get a more rounded idea of Tel Aviv, it's people, architecture and culture as I look around tomorrow. I plan to walk over to Old Jaffa and then down the beach towards Northern Tel Aviv, get some falafel for lunch, do some window shopping and reading in a nice park. Looking forward to giving you more updates!

 

Until next time! (check out the new location :) )