I rested for a bit then we headed out to Tel Aviv for the day. Me, Adi and Michal (my other cousin) drove into the city to pick up Eli (yet another cousin...I have about 13 cousins here). We got very lost, but eventually found him. While we were driving to Shenkin (a marketplace) we drove past a small hole-in-the-wall place where Eli proceeded to tell me that they have great sandwiches, and when he couldn't remember the name of the meat in English, he proceeded to make a "meeeeh meeeeeh" noise (mimicking a lamb. Haha). We all got quite the kick out of that.
Finally we got to Shenkin and met up with More and started walking through the alley. It felt like it was a good 103 degrees there. We were all melting. So in Shenkin there's booths selling everything from bras and underwear to watches and other jewelry to fish and meat. It was fun thought. I bought a few things. Then we went to another street where there's less booths and they sell hand-made things like hamsas and jewelry. After this, we made our way back to the car and stopped at a few stores on the way. Then we went and had sushi at Japanika. It was good. Same as American sushi. Haha.
After we headed back to my grandparent's house where the living room was filled with guests ready to begin prayers. I got to see some more family like my cousin's uncle and his wife (who her uncle is a carbon copy of her dad. I'll try to get pictures to compare. Haha.) I also got to see my cousin Ori and talk with him for a while so it was nice.
It's been nice starting the day and ending the day surrounded by family. Still hasn't fully hit me that I'm going to Italy for 4 months after this. I'm excited for everything that's happening.
[The photos I was going to add are taking too long to upload, so I'll upload them tomorrow.]
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