Here he is! The main reason why we are in Israel right now arrived this morning. Avi Lev (a.k.a. my Canadian dad) is very close to our hearts - as well as his family - and we have been talking about visiting his country of origin since pretty much when we meet for the first time, more than 10 years ago. He is here to celebrate his father's 100th birthday and we are lucky to have him around to show his "home". Avi and I travelled together to Brazil, in 2002. Now its his turn to be the host. In this photo he shows us where he went to school. Cute!
This is an old neighbourhood. I love the old buildings, like this one.
It's also an artistic area. But isn't the whole city like that? I think so.
Even though it was very hot, Julia enjoyed the little walk along the beach with her saba (grandfather).
This is a lucky girl... with 4 grandfathers! She is getting to know saba Avi better on this trip. Lovely!
I absolutely love this picture!
More art!
From home, we walked for about 20 minutes to the famous Carmel Market, a great place to buy vegetables and fruits... or just enjoy the vibrant colours and sounds.
FROM WIKIPEDIA: The Carmel Market is the largest bazaar market in Tel Aviv. The market is bordered by Allenby Street and Magen David Square and the market is principally located along Carmel Street (which becomes King George Street after Magen David Square), but has expanded over time to streets such as Nahalat Binyamin Street. The market is open every day of the week, except on Shabbat [Saturday], and sells mostly food but also a variety of items such as home accessories, and flowers. Tuesday's and Friday's are the signature days at the market as several independent artists and vendors sell unique crafts, art, and jewelery along Nahalat Binyamin Street. On those same days famous Israeli Folk singer Miri Aloni performs many traditional Israeli songs that date back to the days of the establishment of the State of Israel.
Check out the size of these pomegranates!! They are everywhere.
This man was singing like a mad man. Maybe it helped that he was having a beer at noon!
Buying smoked salmon for tomorrow's breakfast. Yummy!
Fresh olives as well!
Stray cats are everywhere, but they seem to be enjoying life as well.
Pretty much every hour we have to stop because Julia has made new friends. These street clowns just loved her, making it hard for us to leave.
From the market we did some window shopping walking along Shenkil street. It reminds me a lot of Queen Street West in Toronto with its cool shops and good looking young people. We found a couple of Brazilian stores, besides Havaianas and Ipanema stores. One store had the latest Melissa shoes collection, artist Britto stuff and fancy Brazilian bikinis.
From there we ended up at Rothschild Boulevard again, a very pleasant street with beautiful trees and a walking path in the middle, along with a bike path.
We had little breaks on playgrounds along the way, of course!
Bikes keep on the left. Pedestrians on the right. It works!
The Habina theatre, at the end of Rothschild Boulevard.
We ended our day of walking at this shopping mall. There we met our friend and neighbour Dudu from Toronto and had an amazing afternoon coffee time. It was so delicious that I forgot to take a picture of it. But I killed my chocolate craving with a super thick cup of hot chocolate.
Julia had another playground break. This time she found energy - I don't know from where - and went crazy with all the other kids and amazing toys. As soon as we left the place, the poor thing collapsed in the stroller, sleeping like a rock all the way home.
Great - more relaxing - day!
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