After many weekends in Jerusalem watching so many others go out and travel the country my group of friends and I decided we should go off and explore Israel. Our first city of choice- Tel Aviv! After our long adventure in the desert we took a well deserved beach vaca and took a bus to Tel Aviv. All was well and fine on the bus ride, Ally sat with Jesse, Micheal sat with… a random man, Ilana sat will Lainie, Gabe sat with Adam, and I sat with Leeann (making a total of nine of us). It took about 45 minutes to get there and once we got off the bus Jesse told us he had directions to the hostel. We were all relived to find out that at least one of us knew what we were doing but as he pulled out his “directions” we all got a little worried. His directions were as follows:
1) get on bus
2) get off bus
So needless to say after a great laugh the nine of us were still a little lost on what to do, we didn’t want to take another bus because that we would have to wait to long, walking was out of the picture because it was a thirty minute walk with all of our bags, and we would have to take three taxis to fit us all. So in little time at all taxi men were swarming us asking us where we needed to go. Finally we got one of them to allow five in his car and four in another for 10 sheckles each. So we split up as follows: Leeann, Micheal, Jesse, and Adam in one (I’m not sure why we let all the boys go with just one girl but hey she knew the most Hebrew) and Lainie, Ally, Ilana, Gabe, and myself in the other. once we all squeezed in the taxi the cab driver started to hit on Lainie non stop- a very funny sight to see when your squished in the back seat laughing non stop because none of us fit. After a very amusing taxi ride we finally got to the hostel, and very long story short checked in. Next we went up to our rooms and changed. (Don’t worry dad, it was girls in one and boys in another.) All of us had a great day on the beach (we ended up getting there at about 11) and we just enjoyed the sun and legal drinking age (in a very mature and responsible way) until the sun went down. Then we went back showered and got ready for a nice night out in Tel Aviv. The nine of us ended up eating at a gluten free restaurant (because Adam is gluten free, vegan, who is allergic to eggs, some nuts, and corn). It was a really cute place that none of us would go to on a regular night but ended up being really tasty!
We were all exhausted after a long day in the sun, and three days in the freaking desert, so we went back at ten and talked the night away (after I skyped with Jason of course) so we could start the next day off early.
The next day Adam, Jesse, and Ally went to Herzliya and the rest of us stayed on the beach and tanned all day. We didn’t get up except for to get breakfast, lunch, and to go cool off in the water. It was a great day spent listening to music and enjoying each others company! We stayed to watch the sunset and so Leeann could see her long time friend and then at about 7 we started to head back.
Moral of the story: Whales really do
love the ocean
1) get on bus
2) get off bus
So needless to say after a great laugh the nine of us were still a little lost on what to do, we didn’t want to take another bus because that we would have to wait to long, walking was out of the picture because it was a thirty minute walk with all of our bags, and we would have to take three taxis to fit us all. So in little time at all taxi men were swarming us asking us where we needed to go. Finally we got one of them to allow five in his car and four in another for 10 sheckles each. So we split up as follows: Leeann, Micheal, Jesse, and Adam in one (I’m not sure why we let all the boys go with just one girl but hey she knew the most Hebrew) and Lainie, Ally, Ilana, Gabe, and myself in the other. once we all squeezed in the taxi the cab driver started to hit on Lainie non stop- a very funny sight to see when your squished in the back seat laughing non stop because none of us fit. After a very amusing taxi ride we finally got to the hostel, and very long story short checked in. Next we went up to our rooms and changed. (Don’t worry dad, it was girls in one and boys in another.) All of us had a great day on the beach (we ended up getting there at about 11) and we just enjoyed the sun and legal drinking age (in a very mature and responsible way) until the sun went down. Then we went back showered and got ready for a nice night out in Tel Aviv. The nine of us ended up eating at a gluten free restaurant (because Adam is gluten free, vegan, who is allergic to eggs, some nuts, and corn). It was a really cute place that none of us would go to on a regular night but ended up being really tasty!
We were all exhausted after a long day in the sun, and three days in the freaking desert, so we went back at ten and talked the night away (after I skyped with Jason of course) so we could start the next day off early.
The next day Adam, Jesse, and Ally went to Herzliya and the rest of us stayed on the beach and tanned all day. We didn’t get up except for to get breakfast, lunch, and to go cool off in the water. It was a great day spent listening to music and enjoying each others company! We stayed to watch the sunset and so Leeann could see her long time friend and then at about 7 we started to head back.
Moral of the story: Whales really do
love the ocean
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