Day 2 in Tel Aviv

Today started off like yesterday, windy and rainy. I got a 5 mile run in along the beach early this morning, which was going to be longer, but I cut it off when it started thundering and pouring. We left the hotel with umbrellas unfurled but within a couple of hours, the umbrellas were furled (have you tried to "furl" an umbrella - it's tough!) and we wished we had sunglasses. It stayed that way for the rest of the day. Much as this country needs rain, anytime after Wednesday would be fine!

We spend most of the day just walking around Tel Aviv. The highlight for Susan was finding a dress for the wedding - the store was named "Ophnat Suzy", which means "Suzy's Fashion". Suzy was a very friendly woman who insisted on showing us pictures of her son's wedding to show the dress she wore. She gave Susan a kiss on both cheeks and offered to serve as Danny's mother in Israel.

We stopped for lunch at a really nice cafe on Rothschild Boulevard - the picture to the left was taken at the cafe.

After dropping Susan off at the hotel (she had enough of walking), Danny and I continued to walk through Northern Tel Aviv. To prove the improvement of the weather, below is an updated picture from our hotel window, taken a few minutes ago.



Danny just went home to get some work done - we are chilling out, then taking Danny's friend, Don, who is here in Israel as a participant in the program Danny works for, out to dinner. Tomorrow, Danny has work to do, so Susan and I are going to go to Jerusalem.