Thursday, 10 August 2017

I woke up and got up very early this morning even though I didn't have to leave all that early at all. I ate breakfast early and started walking down to the airport at about 7:20. My flight left at about 9:15.

When I got to Tel Aviv, it wasn't all that hot, and most of my route would be in the shade, so I decided to walk to the hospital. I went at a quite leisurely pace, stopping to take pictures and to rest several times. I still arrived at the hospital more than an hour before my appointment time, which was 12:40.

I didn't actually get in and see the doctor until about an hour AFTER my appointment time. I got good news, however. He didn't see any reason why I should have radiation. He just told me to come back to see him in 6 months with results from the PSA test then. This was quite a pleasant surprise for me!

After that, I walked over to the mall that is adjacent to the hospital and had a calzone (at least I think that's what they call it) for lunch. It was delicious!

It still wasn't too hot, so I decided to at least start walking back towards the airport. This time, I took even more rest stops, and longer ones, too. I even lay down on one bench in the shade for a few minutes. I also stopped at a supermarket along the way and bought a couple of Reese's Cups and a Coke Zero. I ended up walking all the way to the airport!

When I arrived at the airport, I found that I could get a flight back nearly an hour earlier than I had originally scheduled, so, of course, I took it. While I waited for it, I bought a nice tray of cut vegetables (red bell peppers, carrot, and cucumber) and cherry tomatoes, with a little bit of soft cheese dip.

We left Tel Aviv at about 7:00 and arrived in Eilat at 7:44. I took a bus about half the way up the hill, but decided to get out and walk rather than go on the extensive tour of Shakhamon (I was on the number 1 bus, which came by the airport about 20 minutes before the next bus, number 6, was scheduled to arrive). That way, I got home a little sooner.

I took a LOT of pictures today, mostly of flowers in Tel Aviv. However, I chose this picture of the sun behind some clouds over the Mediterranean Sea (that I took as we taxied before take-off on the return flight) as my pic of the day:

I walked a total of 11.8 kilometers today.