The approach to Jaffa.
As we got closer to the old section, we noticed that there are many streets under complete renovation. You get the sense that this is a warn-torn country...however the rubble is simply an indication that the city is working to clean up years of neglect and disrepair. Street are torn up and buildings are being torn down and restored...and what looks like a mess of a neighborhood now will probably be a bustling part of Tel Aviv in the future.
The old town center.
Jaffa is what you would expect from a middle eastern city. Old walls built with limestone and intricate streets with steps leading to multiple levels and many covered archways. It is quite picturesque - as I hope will come across through my amaterurish photography. Yet, it does not seem to have much soul...or people. The buildings house a collection of galleries and boutiques, mostly empty of customers or visitors. As we started to walk away and looked back, we could not help but think that the little town is quite beautiful....yet, the people of Tel Aviv seem very enamoured with building something new and creating a new history for themselves and have little time for the stuff that came before them.
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