Mum's last days in Israel

Mum and I spent our second last day together in Jaffa.  Jaffa has a flea market that is rated highly on Tripadvisor and after visiting it, I totally understand why.  It has lots of cute vintage stores and small boutiques show-casing Israeli designers and stores with all types of Israeli artefacts and souvenirs.  Not to mention the billions of cafes and restaurants.  Mum bought me two tie-dye jumpers and a dreidel so I'm feeling really Jewish and hippie at the moment!

We also walked through the Old City in Jaffa with it's stoned small walkways and millions of stairs.  They have a lot of cute little antique and jewellery shops and boutiques in the old city too.



We ended the day with dinner at Thai House - Tel Aviv's best Thai restaurant but the food was so good, I didn't snap a photo of it (weird, I know).  On our walk home we then got to see the sickest menorah ever in Rabin Square.  It was projected from a building and the lights flickered so the candles actually looked like they were alight!  A bit of Hanukkah magic I guess.

Our last day was spent moseying around the shuk in Tel Aviv.  Every Tuesday and Friday there is an artist's market which sells jewellery, arts and craft and it's great.  Mum bought me my Hanukkah gift; a matching necklace and bracelet with three pomegranates on it.  I absolutely love it.

 

It's sad that Mum's gone home but it's back to the daily grind as it's back to school tomorrow.  It was so nice to (see photo below) and holiday with my Mum!

MM x