We then drove from Jaffa to Ramat Gan to visit Ben's aunt and uncle, the brother and sister-in-law of his mother. They live in the apartment in which Ben was born. Ben's grandparents owned the apartment, and when Ben was born, his grandparents, parents and he lived there until he was two and a half, and he and his parents moved to Venezuela. The apartment has three small rooms, a kitchen, a bathroom, a hallway that functions as a dining room, and a balcony. Ben's uncle was an idealist when young, and he moved to a kibbutz right near the Gaza strip and raised his children there and all. He had lots of good stories to tell about the kibbutz, which was quite socialistic at the time but has now changed. We were offered tons and tons of food just in case were were starving to death. Ben's cousin, Yair, also came to visit.
After lunch, we went back to Center City to visit the Carmel Market and the Nahalat Binyamin Pedestrial Mall. The market has lots of clothing and stuff, but then the fun part is all the fruits, vegetables, and fish and meats and spices! It is huge. At the pedestrian mall there were lots of nice crafts, and we did buy a cut sculpture that holds salt and pepper.
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