Family TravelIsrael Sabbatical HolidayDavidBday It was my birthday, so I decided to take the day off and go with Suzanne to the old section of Jaffa ../../../Sabbat/Pics/02.29.00DavidsBirthday//P2290001 Everyone who is anyone has spent some time there ../../../Sabbat/Pics/02.29.00DavidsBirthday//P2290005 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/02.29.00DavidsBirthday//P2290006 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/02.29.00DavidsBirthday//P2290007 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/02.29.00DavidsBirthday//P2290008 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/02.29.00DavidsBirthday//P2290009 including Andromeda ../../../Sabbat/Pics/02.29.00DavidsBirthday//P2290010 who still lives in the harbor ../../../Sabbat/Pics/02.29.00DavidsBirthday//P2290004 and still more people and legends ../../../Sabbat/Pics/02.29.00DavidsBirthday//P2290011 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/02.29.00DavidsBirthday//P2290012 including also Napoleon ../../../Sabbat/Pics/02.29.00DavidsBirthday//P2290013 who was nice enough to pose with Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/Pics/02.29.00DavidsBirthday//P2290003 and a curse. ../../../Sabbat/Pics/02.29.00DavidsBirthday//P2290014 Maybe they came for the wonderful view of Tel Aviv ../../../Sabbat/Pics/02.29.00DavidsBirthday//P2290002 or to see the Turkish clock tower ../../../Sabbat/Pics/02.29.00DavidsBirthday//P2290015 or to go to the bakery ../../../Sabbat/Pics/02.29.00DavidsBirthday//P2290016 where people line up 5 deep to get take away pastries and lunch. ../../../Sabbat/Pics/02.29.00DavidsBirthday//P2290018 Let's hope that they don't go there for the ../../../Sabbat/Pics/02.29.00DavidsBirthday//P2290017 Flea Market which isn't very good.

Later, we went out for a family dinner to celebrate my birthday. Everyone looked good ../../../Sabbat/Pics/02.29.00DavidsBirthday//P2290019 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/02.29.00DavidsBirthday//P2290020 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/02.29.00DavidsBirthday//P2290022 You can hardly tell that Benjamin's ../../../Sabbat/Pics/02.29.00DavidsBirthday//P2290021 clothes were all wet because I ../../../Sabbat/Pics/02.29.00DavidsBirthday//P2290023 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/02.29.00DavidsBirthday//P2290024 managed to spill lemonade all over him. Benjamin insisted that we tell the waiter ../../../Sabbat/Pics/02.29.00DavidsBirthday//P2290027 that it was my birthday. He was kind enough to put sparklers on our desserts ../../../Sabbat/Pics/02.29.00DavidsBirthday//P2290025 and to take a group photo. ../../../Sabbat/Pics/02.29.00DavidsBirthday//P2290026

And now I am a year (or is it 4 years?) older.