On Oct 1, I took a bus from Kaditah to Akko, and a train from Akko to Tel Aviv Savidor Central Station. My cousin Yoni picked me up at the train station and took me out to dinner, where I was nourished with so much yummy Mediterranean food. After dinner, we walked around a part of the city that I had never seen before, the German Colony. It was renovated over the years and still has some of the original buildings, but is mainly a really cool, large plaza with shops, bars, and restaurants. There's lot's of benches and grassy areas to hang out. Underground, there is the Sarona Market which is absolutely insane. It reminded me very much of Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia, but smaller and more compact. It was fun walking through, but also a sensory overload. Yoni showed me the building next to the colony where he was stationed during his years in the army, some 30 years ago or something. Since the colony is so new, it was interesting for him to see how the area has changed so much since he worked there. After, Yoni drove me to Gordon Inn Hostel in central TLV where I stayed for the night.
The next day, I went to the beach and cleansed myself in the Mediterranean. Then, I wandered around the city trying to find a falafel stand (which really isn't that hard), but it took like a half an hour. Eventually I got some average falafel and Yoni picked me up. We drove back to Tivon, where my aunt lives, and picked her up to go to the Haifa Film Festival. We got a nice quick dinner at a cool restaurant in Haifa, then walked to the Cinematheque. We saw the French film, "The Wolves," starring Evelynne Brochu, whom I know from the TV series, "Orphan Black." I really enjoyed the film. I thought about writing a separate blog post on the film, but I'd rather not ruin it for anyone. Luckily, there were subtitles in Hebrew and English so I had no issues understanding the plot. We got freshly squeezed pomegranate and apple juice after the film, and drove back to Tivon to drop off my aunt. Yoni and I went back to Tel Aviv together, and he dropped me back off at Gordon Inn.
Last night, Oct 2-3, we got back to Tel Aviv around 1:30am. I met up with my friend Estee and her British-Israeli boyfriend Dorian in Florentine. I had such a blast with them. Dorian used to work at the bar we went to, so anything he ordered was on the house. So last night, the three of us all drank for free, and got a free pizza. I know I had fun because I woke up this morning feeling gross and still drunk. I think that may have been my first time ever getting around 10 free drinks plus food. They invited me out again tonight, so I think I may join them for another night of debauchery. There's definitely a plus to knowing the guy who knows everyone else. Somehow, this just happened to include me. I'm gonna roll with it.
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