After Sderot we came back to Tel Aviv where my father lives in an apartment in Dizzengoff Center.  I got a new phone number for Israel and chilled out trying to adjust my sleeping (by limiting my naps!).

I took a bus to the ‘New Tel Aviv Bus Station’ its name is still ‘new’ but its like 20 years old and a bit decrepit! It’s a nightmare trying to navigate but luckily my cousin Amit came with and used her pushy Israeli ways to get the right info so I got on the right bus. I bussed down to visit Shuki and Shefa. We spent a nice evening together eating a meal and then going out to catch crickets for the Chameleon’s. Shefa is a pro she just sees one and grabs in the air and she’s caught it – she got 6 in the dark and Shuki and I none!

After the night shuki went to work and I hung in the house. Nice surprise that Tali and Yaam got to come home early so I was able to spend a bit of time with them before I bussed back to Tel Aviv.

Now I’m back in Tel Aviv and am getting ready to go up north to hang with my Uncle Chuck for a day before I start on my kibbutz.

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