Luckily today no rain was forcast. After our coffee at a local coffee shop we decided to head to Jaffa to stroll through the famous flea market. Our usual parking karma did not kick in and so we parked in a garage that cost us more than our lunch. Just a minute from the flea market we made our way through what looked like heaps of (s)crap.
It was quite disappointing and we soon learned that the antiquity shops had nicer stuff than the flea market itself. Esther found a set of nice learning cards for our Grandchild Katharina, but that was it. No further finds. Chris gave up soon and plonked down at a coffee shop, while Esther kept hunting for a little horse or donkey, one thing that we gotten used to bring with us from any foreign country. No luck here either.
We decided to wander around the little colorful streets instead. See the weirdly out of place clock tower and the making our way to the most famous hummus street food shop according to our research. It took a while to find Ali Caravan, but we arrived at the right place. It was packed with locals and it served only two plates: plain warm hummus with fresh onions and bread and a hummus/ fuul mixed plate equally with fresh onions and bread. Fuul is a brown bean paste we already had eaten in Egypt when we visited. It was a very simple yet delicious lunch and lots of family pictures and printed accolades were hanging on the walls.
We decided to walk back by the sea side, strolling past Jaffa harbour, having a wonderful view onto the Tel Aviv skyline. It’s called the most scenic beach city and it certainly prettier than Miami. Clean sandy beaches all along the water front, many surfers bobbing their heads in the water, but too cold for normal swimming in December.
Once again, walking back to our car, it struck us how many differences are combined in one city. Electric wiring hanging willy nilly on the outside of crumbling buildings, versus the spiffy new constructions where no cable is to be seen.
Checking housing prices in Tel Aviv, we were stunned to read that a normal flat share room is over 1000 EUR a month, the m² price being between 25.000 and 35.000 EUR, that tops even Munich‘s hig price tag.
Having spent 2 days in Tel Aviv and Jaffa Esther was curious what contrast Jerusalem, our next stop would bring.
