2018 Eastern Mediterranean Trip - Day Four, Jaffa With Family

Much discussion of what we should do in the Tel Aviv area transpired the night the #3's arrived and during the morning. But the reality was thus:

• We barely got out of the house before Noon time
• For our family from Amsterdam, the 80 degree temperature and full sun was overbearing
• Wife and I were on our third day of going at it and were ready to not go quite so hard

Result, we never got out of Jaffa. We walked back to the old town. Since this was our third time going this same way and we were walking at the speed of young children, Because we went slower, I was able to pay a lot more time to our surroundings. Jaffa is interesting because it has been sort of poor area, not the focus of development until just recently. So there is a lot of interesting architectural touches and I channeled my inner Wife as far as picture taking today. On the culinary front we got ice cream for the kids and had our first shawarma and falafel experiences.

By 3 PM Wife and I were ready to pack it in. We discovered that there was a much shorter way to get from Old Jaffa along the sea coast. Better late than never. The two young ones wanted to go to this big playground on the way back to the apartment. They, to the their parents amazement, played for another hour straight before coming back to the apartment.

#3 had bought some food for us to cook for dinner. We still needed more so she and I went out to get it. Then we cooked up dinner. With all four adults sharing the duties, it is not too much work for anyone. #3 had bought these meat patties from the local butcher (most of the shopping in this area is in small shops the specialize in produce, meat, fish or general groceries. A supermarket as we are accustomed to was not to be found in this area (we did see one yesterday in the area of Jaffa that was transitioning to the more modern city). The meat was kid (baby goat) and was pre-seasoned. While we were all a bit wondering what it would taste like, it was actually one of the better burgers I've had from a pure meat flavor perspective.

Pictures

Obligatory Grandchildren Pictures

Gastronomy

Shawarma

Aged Falafel is considered a delicacy

Wandering through the Old City

Channeling my Inner Wife

Wife has for the longest time been interested in doorways and windows

For some reason, it has rubbed of on me and today I saw a number that caught my eye

Sunset over the Mediterranean

And, of course, Signs of the World

Ever wonder where all the Tsunamis come from?

It all starts here

This is actually a major tourist attraction

People coming from all over to see where Tsunami come together and decide where they are going to go