Tel Aviv, final day

Had a musician speaker at 9:30am,, which was wonderful after getting home around 1:30am with people up and talking and making noise well into the night. Got a little sleep, and I had known this trip would be sleep-deprived, but I had hoped for it to be for more enjoyable reasons overall. Anyway, she was fine, but didn’t seem to know what to do with a big group after telling us a bit about her. Then she sung/played for us.

Afterwards we got to do something really fun though; go to the Tel Aviv artist market. We only had a bit over two hours there, but it was really cool to wander around and see the merchandise. It ranged from beautiful to really bizarre, and I do like seeing art from different places in the world. I didn’t really see much I wanted to buy (a lot of people bought jewelry), but it was fun to just look

We had two speakers after, not worth mentioning, and while I was trapped for the first one, the second I was smart enough to hide in the back of the room. Some others had the same idea, one of whom fell asleep while reading, so I stole her book and it got me through.

The debrief was long and late, which was expected since it was the last night. Paper plate awards (I got a throw-away one, no surprise there), and them upstairs for packing. Almost home, can’t wait.

Let us end with some cool Tel Aviv street art:

And now, a souvenir of sorts

I didn’t really buy a lot of souvenirs on this trip. There were several reasons for this. Primarily, a lot of the stuff sold was Jewish paraphernalia, and I just… don’t really have a use for much of that, nor did I feel comfortable buying it. Also, my group of people that I’d get gifts for has shrunk. A few family members and one or two friends. And of those people, one is firmly anti-consumerist (and so would have really hated this trip).

But there’s one thing she’s always loved about my travels, and that thing is laughing at odd signs and terrible English.

Hi mom. ( These are for you. )