It was my birthday, so I decided to take the day off and go with Suzanne
to the old section of Jaffa
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Everyone who is anyone has spent some time there
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including Andromeda
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who still lives in the harbor
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and still more people and legends
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including also Napoleon
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who was nice enough to pose with Suzanne
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and a curse.
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Maybe they came for the wonderful view of Tel Aviv
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or to see the Turkish clock tower
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or to go to the bakery
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where people line up 5 deep to get take away pastries and lunch.
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Let's hope that they don't go there for the
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Flea Market which isn't very good.
Later, we went out for a family dinner to celebrate my birthday.
Everyone looked good
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You can hardly tell that Benjamin's
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clothes were all wet
because I
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managed to spill lemonade all over him.
Benjamin insisted that we tell the waiter
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that it was my birthday. He was kind enough
to put sparklers on our desserts
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and to take a group photo.
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And now I am a year (or is it 4 years?) older.