Tel Aviv Day One

Dear all
I am writing this backwards and it's really sodding confusing. The reason I am writing this backwards is that I am currently sitting at the lovely Yaels computer in very sunny Tel Aviv and everything is in Hebrew! She is off doing arty important things and it took me about half an hour to work out how to type in english rather than hebrew. I am concerned about spell check, aka my best friend so if this is coming to you phonetically that will be the reason why. So here I am in lovely Tel Aviv having survived successfully a 5 hour easyjet flight to get here. My advice to all out there planning on flying here take note: take some sort of sars mask; orthodox jews aren't allowed to use deodorant ad where wool , my god what it will be like on the way home dread to think. However, this is probably made up for by the fact that they were all praying like crazy before we got on the plane AND during the flight so felt very reassured, unless god is Allah in which case was probably not very safe. Hey hoh. Anyway, as I did nothing cultural last week due to last minute holiday preparation hell and obviously laziness i i thought i would do a series of mini blogs outlining all the fab adventures i am having on my hols. So far I can inform you most definitley that they do not use measures here. was very drunk last night and rather hungover this morning so, after waking up a about mid day all i could really manage was to drag myself down to the beach, which by the way is less than 2 minutes away, and lie there eating yummy things and having the occasional paddle. the weather is baking so don't feel guilty in the least i haven't had a holiday since last september and some people never move from the beach all holiday. Also very nice beaches with fine golden sand and lots of people hitting balls back and forth with hard wooden paddles - its very popular here apparently and they do it very aggressively! UMMM the food was gooood as well. Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, my guide book does not have a long enough food section BY FAR and i was thus forced to guess my orders, but luckily i eat pretty much everything with gusto anyway. Firstly, the pitta bread here aint like the pita bread at home, Here, rather than a chewy anorexic looking piece of tasteless paper they are thick and fresh and moist and yeasty and delicious. mmm. Totally different kettle of fish. I had them with a yummy dish called Shakshuka which was amazing; it came in a little mini frying pan with a lid and it was basically eggs baked in an incredibly rich tomato and pepper sauce, clearly fresh, which you spooned into the pitta and wolfed down f you were me. Thank god i don't seem to be suffering from my usual holiday loss of appetite completely thing as my god i intend to eat a lot while im here. apparently its also strawberry season and you can buy a punnet the size of your head for abut a pound, surprisingly though the food isn't THAT cheap, although in fairness i have been mostly sticking to the tourist heavy beach cafes, But hey who can resist sipping in the culinary delights of a nation by the sea. Tomorrow do intend to be more active though and wil try and make it t Jerusalem where hopefully i will eat even more delicious treats aubergines and falaffel def high n the agenda. Tel Aviv itself, of what I have seen so far, isn't what expected. t's more run down than I thought it would be but it has a real 'continental' be to it; lots of wide airy tree lined boulevards with out door cafes and the same poster things as they have in Paris haha. I was talking to some guy on the beach who told me Israel is like the middle east but tel aviv is like europe. Who was this man on the beach you might ask? Well that leads me nicely to what will be known as my Hebrew Hotties section because my god the men are good looking here. On average way way way better looking than english men - no offense guys you know i love ya. But FUCK ME there are some good looking men around here, it must be the army thing and also the sun thing as they are totally buff and tanned - not my usual type as such but undeniably Adonis like. If i had a digital camera there would now be lots of pictures of ripe young specimens with captions sch as PHWOAR! My god they know it though. Girls here must get A LOT of action as just being on the beach for 3 hours i made a lot of new friends. I also taught about 5 guys the meaning f the word 'letch' . I am getting quite attached to my fictional boyfriend though he s a mix of most of the guys ive ever gone out with. I suspect he will develop a lot over the coming days. Yael just got home and we are going out with her exiting art crowd to a Georgian restaurant that am very excited about so will sign off here til tomorrow or possibly the day after. Bye