We decided to use local transportation (buses) to get to Yad Vashem (in 12 NIS vs 30 NIS with taxi) for both of us. Reached Yad Vashem, the holocaust museum around 9:30 am.
Yad Vashem memorial is very beautifully constructed and has a wealth of information during Nazi Regimen and how brutal Germans were towards Jews during the World War II. We highly recommend for you to visit it. The entrance is free. There is an underground museum hosting hundreds of information boards, visuals, interviews with the victims, Hitler and his Nazi empire. Some of the exhibits were so vivid that Manasi felt sick in her stomach. There are models of concentration camps and how Jews were mass murdered by fervent Germans ..It is maddening and you stay in awe and wonder how can someone be so heartless and merciless ... We felt very fortunate having come here in person and doing the tour of the museum on foot. The Hall of Names is also not to be missed.
After spending around 3 hours at the museum we took a bus back (Bus # 27) (12 NIS together) and re-used it within 1.5 hours to go from hotel to central bus station. We then took a inter-city bus and reached Tel Aviv, Hotel Metropolitan around 3 pm.
Extremely satisfied with a sense of achievement to have come on our own using public transport all the way .. we were feeling ecstatic! Ate lots of falafel + shawarma at a local joint off Allenby Street (spent a whole 60 NIS) and then decided to walk through local market to enjoy some Shabbath bread (sweet Jewish bread baked on every Friday before the holy Friday begins).
Bought some fresh fruits and later walked on the beach for an hour to retire early (8 pm) that night.
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