Jaffa
Jaffa
We took lots of photos and had coffee at Paul's Cafe on Yefet Street.
Paul's
Paul's coffee
Rinat at Paul's
Toward sunset, we stopped for a late lunch of hummous - with many accompaniments.
Hummous, ful (fava beans) and hard-boiled egg
With accompaniments
As we were getting ready to leave, a chatty man named Gideon sat at the table next to us, together with a woman whom he introduced as his sister, who was visiting from Turkey. He told us that he had been the neighbourhood postman for 32 years, and started to regale us with all sorts of stories about the locals. I asked if I could take his photo and he agreed.
Gideon, the retired postman from Jaffa
Then he laughed merrily and said, "Just don't tell people that you found Saddam Hussein in Jaffa!"
:O
