On the sunny side of the world

Beautiful, sunny weather greeted me in Paris after a horrendously long flight. I met Mel at Chatelet station in Paris and went back to her family's place for breakfast. The afternoon was spent on an infuriatingly long search for one of her relative's picnics - about 1.5 hours later, we found it, on a patch of grass behind a swimming pool.

Couldn't resist a nap in the afternoon. After saying goodbye to her lovely cousins and uncle, we faced our first interrogation. After picking up our Israir tickets, we were separated and questioned extenstively. They even took my card for the wedding couple, my guide book and called the people we were staying with Tel Aviv. But with that amount of sleep, I just found everything hilarious.

The night flight to Tel Aviv was half empty but still uncomfortable. We found our way to Vered's apartment (after knocking on the wrong door for 10 minutes!) and succombed to another nap before venturing into the city.

So far, we've just visited the Yemenite Quarter, in particular the Carmel Market, where we're stocking up on fruits / snacks / cheap clothes. Think we'll settle in somewhere to watch Aus vs Japan, before heading off the Eilat / Aquaba tomorrow.