Our final day in Tel Aviv our plans for a tour of Bauhaus buildings was interrupted by the heavens opening, forcing us to race from cafe to cafe in the few breaks in the weather. We did get to see Florentine and Shabaar two of Tel Aviv’s older more interesting areas – with great cafes and and bars and a denser more layered texture (palimpsest if you must).
To finish off the trip we attended a gig with a few interesting bands. First up (not until 10.30 pm mind) was the Giraffes – political rock (helpfully translated by our friends) followed by some frenetic central european oompa from Goran Bregovic & the Weddings & Funerals Band that had the crowd going crazy – it was fun for a while but a mammoth 2 hr set was more than enough. By now it was already 2 am and our 7 am flight loomed closer but we hung around for a few moments of psychadelic gypsy courtesy of the Balkan Beat Box.
Making our escape at 2.30, instead of catching a few hours of much needd sleep Alex managed to squeeze in one final meal! We popped in to a 24 hr bar (one of many in Tel Aviv that serve quality food all night) and had a mini feast of chicken wings, kebabs, salads,and of course hummous! Replete, and a little late we made a break for the airport – destination London, where in case we hadn’t eaten enough over the past 9 days we met friends for a middle eastern dinner!