12/31/2013

I was going to do the tour of the old city that I had missed yesterday but changed my mind and did the New City again.  I found it very difficult to travel around the old city as a single woman.  I should have pretended to be married but I think my general curiosity paired with the fact that I was a lone female is what gave me trouble. Anyway I was exhausted by the old city and went to the New City instead.  The New City is predominately Jewish. I went to Mt. Hertzl, the Knesset and then the Museum of Art. The museum of art was actually really good. I saw many of the originals that I had seen the replicas of yesterday.  They also had a fantastic Escher exhibit and some really good modern art.  It’s not MONA but it is a good art Museum.  I wish I had spent more time there. Much better than the museum in Tel Aviv.

At 4pm I got a bus back to Tel Aviv.  It was really busy so I had to wait for a few buses.  I got into my new place just before 7pm.  I met Nicholas my host.  He was lovely.  I recommend airB&B when you travel.  My 2 experiences since Estella have been just lovely.  After meeting Nicholas I showered quickly and met friend for drinks.  All of the bars were really crowed for New Years. We stayed out till 11:30pm before my friends left since they had to work in the morning.  I walked along the beach and decided to get a drink in a bar that was much less crowed than expected.  At about 12:05 I went out to the beach with a small group of random people and we had a count down.  It was very low key. Tel Aviv refuses to do fireworks claiming that New Years is a Christian holiday(though it totally isn’t) Counting from 10-1 was enough for me so I headed home and was asleep at around 1am. It was low key but fun.