After all our walking during the day we decided not to go out for dinner. But where to get food on Shabbat in the hotel. The main dining room wanted $83 per person for a buffet! We went to the bar and ordered some cold appetizer plates and drinks and called it dinner. All things considered it wasn’t a bad meal. In the morning we decided to walk to Jaffa and have lunch at Pua Cafe (or Puaa Cafe) in the Flea Market. Even with active GPS it was a bit of a struggle finding our way. I kept thinking I knew where it was and putting the phone in my pocket only to miss the next turn. We got there, we enjoyed the meal and the ambiance and resolved to walk back to the hotel. Total distance over 4 miles. 

We had an early bedtime as we needed to get in a cab at 5:30 AM to catch our plane to Addis Ababa for our tour in Ethiopia. As planned we met Joyce and Vic in the airport and boarded the flight for a 4 hour trip which actually took just over 3 hours. The flight path was down the length of Israel and out over the Red Sea until making landfall in Eritrea. Everything was uneventful until it was time to pick up luggage. They had a separate carousel for Budiness Class luggage and one of our bags was there already as we cleared the formalities. And we waited for the other. And we waited. Joyce and Vics luggage was secured from the main carousel and still no sign of our second bag. I started to file a claim and our bag turned up in the hands of the person who was to guide us to our bus. It was found on the economy carousel. 

We arrived at the hotel a bit stressed and tired but happy to meet Jan our tour director in the lobby. Touring starts early afternoon.