After a very full first day in Tel Aviv we awoke Monday morning, had a wonderful breakfast at our hotel and then ventured to the central bus station. Emily wanted us to take the bus to Jerusalem. The taxi ride from the hotel to the bus station was almost as much as the bus ride to Jerusalem. It was very easy, cheap, and quick.
My tour guide, Emily, had decided we should go to the Israel Museum, so when we arrived at the Jerusalem central bus station we took a taxi to the museum. The museum has greatly expanded since my previous visits. Emily showed me the exhibits that she had previously seen and liked, her favorite is the pop art. There was a wall filled with Warhol portraits of important Jewish people; The Marx Brothers, Gertrude Stein, Freud, Albert Einstein etc. I wasn't allowed to take photos in the museum so I can't show it here.
The sculpture garden is really the most magnificent part of the museum with fabulous views of the city. I especially liked the Robert Indiana's "love" sculpture done in Hebrew.
We were blessed with a beautiful day and decided to walk to Ben Yehuda Street where Emily knew of some restaurant that had "the best" hummus. We had a lovely walk through the botanic garden, which took us about a half hour, and discovered (after a few phone calls to her friends) the restaurant, that Yes, had some of the best hummus I've ever had. I cannot tell you the name of it because it was in hebrew and frankly I don't remember. However, it is near the corner of Ben Yehuda and King David Streets. We demolished the hummus and pita in a few seconds, it was nearly 3:00 and we were starving. Of course after our meal we needed to find some ice cream, which is extremely easy because there are several on every corner. Why is all the food so delicious here? I'm doing so much walking that I'm not worrying about the calories. How many times a day can you have ice cream?
Next, what to do when in Jerusalem, visit the Kotel and the Arab market.
So off we were. We entered through the Jaffa Gate then zig zagged through the narrow cobble stone streets of the "shuk" through to the other side where we entered the "jewish quarter" and found the kotel.
We sat for a time at the wall and as the sun was going down we walked out of the old city to what else, a mall. I'm in no way buying anything but Emily likes to look.
Our day to Jerusalem ended with a dinner at Speggetim and a sherut ride back to Tel Aviv. A sherut is a van that holds 10 people and it's cheaper than a taxi but more than the bus. The only caveat is the driver waits until the van is full. We waited nearly 1/2 an hour before the driver would leave Jerusalem. All part of the journey.
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| On the bus ride, I'm sure it's a romance novel |
My tour guide, Emily, had decided we should go to the Israel Museum, so when we arrived at the Jerusalem central bus station we took a taxi to the museum. The museum has greatly expanded since my previous visits. Emily showed me the exhibits that she had previously seen and liked, her favorite is the pop art. There was a wall filled with Warhol portraits of important Jewish people; The Marx Brothers, Gertrude Stein, Freud, Albert Einstein etc. I wasn't allowed to take photos in the museum so I can't show it here.
The sculpture garden is really the most magnificent part of the museum with fabulous views of the city. I especially liked the Robert Indiana's "love" sculpture done in Hebrew.
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| Ben Yehuda Street musicians |
So off we were. We entered through the Jaffa Gate then zig zagged through the narrow cobble stone streets of the "shuk" through to the other side where we entered the "jewish quarter" and found the kotel.
Our day to Jerusalem ended with a dinner at Speggetim and a sherut ride back to Tel Aviv. A sherut is a van that holds 10 people and it's cheaper than a taxi but more than the bus. The only caveat is the driver waits until the van is full. We waited nearly 1/2 an hour before the driver would leave Jerusalem. All part of the journey.
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