We thought about taking the city tour of Tel Aviv today, but decided instead to walk down to the beach, which is only a few blocks from the Mo-Mo Hostel. What a lovely beach! It has fine sand, great wading, the water is not cold, and it is clean. We took off our shoes and stood in the waves, feeling again the waves washing the sand out from under our feet as the undertow pulled the sand back out. We could really see the sand in the incoming waves.
It was such a peaceful time there at the seaside. The tourists weren't out yet, so we had the place to ourselves except for the local people jogging, walking, and riding bikes on the walk above the beach.
We stayed at Mo-Mo's until checkout time, and then headed for the bus/train connections that took us to the airport. We had our usual uncertainties about our connections, but asked questions and completed everything without a problem.
We were far ahead of time, but it was comfortable at the airport. After awhile, we went to the food area and spent the rest of our shekels on a couple of tasty shawarmas and our change on some chocolate bars and caramels for snacks the next few days.
It took a long time to go through all the security checks, etc.,
but we finally reached the gate for take-off about ½ hour ahead of time. The flight was great, the crew very friendly, and we had good sub-type sandwiches and dessert and drinks enroute to Athens. The evening was gorgeous as we landed,
and we again went through all the lines, picked up our 2 bags and conquered the usual uncertainties finding the spot where Chris and Soph said they would pick us up to take us to the hostel. The kiosk gal had to help us make the phone work to call Chris. He asked us to call again when we reached the pick-up spot, but there wasn't a pay phone there. We finally connected and got to their hostel where we will spend the next two nights. It's in a home and very clean, but our room has nothing but a bed and little storage area, so it's a bit hard to function, but we'll manage.
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