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In my head was the dilemma of what to do in Tel Aviv. Actually, I wouldn’t even have wanted to go there if I hadn’t had the return flight from there. I imagined that I would be bored, but instead I found it interesting, although much less so than other places in Israel that I later knew.
Difficulties at the border in Israel
Back in Aqaba, I had a cab take me to the border. Crossing it was not a formality given the usual thousand questions from the Israeli military.
At the time it was said that it was appropriate to ask not to have the stamp in the passport, to avoid any fuss in case you wanted to go to some Arab country in the years to come as well. I won’t tell you the discussion, although I knew it was a request many people made.
At the Tel Aviv border for my re-entry it was even worse because it was not yet dawn and I was quite sleepy. It was challenging to answer the relentless questioning where I am used to ask you the same questions again to see if you are wrong.
What to do in Tel Aviv
On that occasion, other than the barren landscape to get there, all I saw of Israel was Tel Aviv, which is a very modern city and overall quite unremarkable but with something interesting. Of beauty there is the tiny neighborhood of Jaffa, and a beautiful and very long bike path that runs from the waterfront (featured photo) and through a beautiful, very green park.
The Sabich, which I first ate here, at a renowned kiosk with a perpetual line, is undoubtedly my favorite sandwich in the world.
Inside a pita is fried eggplant, salad, eggs, and various sauces (including tahina sauce). Apparently the origin is Iraqi. It has been starting to be found around in Italy for a while now, too, perhaps at festivals with ethnic stands if there is Middle Eastern or Israeli one.
Something I found disturbing and at the time excessive, never imagining what would happen a few years later; was the realization that my hotel had the anti-missile bunker.
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