Best Western Regency Suites Tel Aviv

... the concept of keep-your-****ing-elbows-out-of-my-pers onal-space-you-douchebag. Thus, I collected about four half-hour naps on the entire flight in spite of employing my trusty earplugs. However, I was pretty well fed and I watched four movies so it wasn't all bad. As we approached California I was basically bouncing in my seat like a child waiting to open his Christmas presents because I knew who was waiting for me at the airport. (And no it wasn't just my mom, although I was ...

Olga and I got into Tel Aviv early evening and met her friend Betty whos place I will be staying at for the next 2 nights. The 3 of us spent the evening together, ate some nice food and had a couple of beers by the beach - it was nice.<br><br>Then it was getting late and time for Olga to drive back which was sad. Betty and I went out to a nice area - a student bohemian area for another beer and then went to sleep in her tiny tiny appartment which you can reach everything ...

... The mediteranean sea is warm but unfortunately the jelly fish were stinging/ Nobody was there. We would die for a warm day at the beach when you weren't bumping into each other.<br><br>Todfay we went to Bet Guvrin-Maresha National Park. Although hot as xxx outside, these caves were a cool respite. Deep limestone caves with these incredible formations, in which pigeons ...

... the alley off the patio, one of whom repeatedly climbed up the little fence to poke his nose in our direction. We shared a shot of absinthe, decided not to get anything at the kosher Burger King (tempting as it was), and went back to the apartment for Israeli "Idol" (auditions over, now it's whittling-down time) and the Israeli teen vampire series on demand online. Sorry we'll miss the debut of Israeli "Project Runway" on Wednesday.

... tiny room (once again this could be a considerable number of people!). <br><br>The Israeli's also implemented a system of housing tunnels, in which they essentially knocked through the walls of people's homes. They prefered this method of getting around instead of using the open streets (not sure why), but the remains are still evident and haunt the everyday lives of the people that live there. <br> <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br ><br><br>Evidence of the ...

... it took some time. After you clean it, you have to clean the counters with boiling water and put down something to protect the counters from crumbs. So much stinking work. ha ha. So glad it's once a year. As for today, we just woke up around 10am. We're on our computers and soon we'll get ready to go to Jerusalem. We'll be there tonight for passover which means no Internet at sundown. No ...

Blind Museum and Deaf Museum<br><br><br>I'd been told by many people that the blind museum is a real must-see! Excuse the pun. I rushed in the morning to Holon on the outskirts of Tel Aviv for these two hour-long exhibits, which have been copied in several other countries too.<br><br><br>In the first one, "Dialogue in the Dark", we were led by a guide who is 80% blind, and we got to experience what everyday activities are like for a blind person. We were each given a walking ...

... maintain the drive for such a journey? How do you make sure your eyes do not grow accustomed to new sights? How can you keep getting excited over new adventures when every day is an adventure? And also, how do you cope with being always on the move? As time went by we realized we may never be able to answer all these questions, and as a matter of fact, we found most of them irrelevant for us. As far as we are concerned, a ...

... in the Herzlliya area is the headquarters for Intel, IBM, Microsoft and dozens of other tech companies that got their start with help from a burgeoning venture capital community. I meet his team and hear about their plans for making Israel a beta site for testing out the various high tech initiatives for renewable energy -- from algae, seaweed, non food crops, etc.. I learn about the extensive scientific and technological resources that Israel has to ...