{"id":4550,"date":"2014-01-18T11:16:30","date_gmt":"2014-01-18T19:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/?p=4550"},"modified":"2014-01-18T11:27:43","modified_gmt":"2014-01-18T19:27:43","slug":"instawalk-old-jaffa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/2014\/01\/instawalk-old-jaffa\/","title":{"rendered":"Instawalk: Old Jaffa"},"content":{"rendered":"

south of the center of Tel Aviv is the old port city of Jaffa<\/a>\u00a0(aka the Yafo in Tel Aviv-Yafo). and when i say old, i mean\u00a0old<\/em>. according to wikipedia<\/a> this area has been inhabited for nearly ten millennia. from the guidebook we have, i understood it to be a small ancient city that was recently turned into an artsy-fartsy neighborhood.<\/p>\n

i’m not sure what i expected (i think something like Akko<\/a>\u00a0— mostly ruins), but i was wrong, and glad to be wrong. not that i have anything against ruins (you know i love me some), but after a week of them, i definitely needed what was here: an exceedingly vibrant, totally revitalized port and old town (the former sits below the latter) that previously had fallen into disuse. lots of places to eat and get your art on, a great view of the Mediterranean and the Tel Aviv skyline, and an old town that has been rehabbed but still retains its charm.<\/p>\n

\"Panorama<\/a>

The view from the port with Tel Aviv in the distance and the old city on the right.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"In<\/a>

Old Jaffa<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Jaffa<\/a>

The narrow streets can be steep, but they’ve turned them into cool staircases!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Yes, there are still ruins, but not overwhelmingly so \ud83d\ude1b<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Here's<\/a>

Here’s a kitty cat drinking out of a drain pipe. I don’t think I’ve seen a country with so many stray cats as I’ve seen in Israel. I get the impression they are being semi-tended to.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"They<\/a>

They love the zodiac in the old town, forming a leitmotif (*snort*, can’t believe I just used that word — WHO AM I?!) on all street signs and house numbers, and a fountain in the main square.<\/p><\/div>\n

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On the walls of the old town as viewed from the port.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Dried<\/a>

One of the many shops in the converted port warehouses. Totally great place to get your noms.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Flea<\/a>

There’s also a flea market that goes on down at the port.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Old<\/a>

You can still see fishermen at work — their boats pull in and out and you can see them attending to their daily tasks like mending nets. There is a store that sells freshly-caught fish and I wouldn’t be surprised if the restaurants in the area got their fish from these fishermen as well.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Someone's<\/a>

Someone’s front door in the old town<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Panorama<\/a>

The view from the top<\/p><\/div>\n

p.s. next to the store that had the dried fruit i took a picture of above is a place you can get malabi<\/a>! (no, i did not know what it was until today, but there was a long line and it looked good!)<\/p>\n

\"Malabi<\/a>

What is it? Malabi is a milk pudding. I have some sort of berry sauce, cookie crumbles, and halva on top. Mmm! (There are lots of options for toppings, but I definitely recommend the cookie crumbles for texture.)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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