Blogs from Tel Aviv District, Israel, Middle East - page 26

Today was spent mostly on our own until the tour started with an introductory dinner. It was a typical steamy day (in the high 80’s with a healthy amount of humidity). We started with the “Israeli Breakfast” buffet included with our hotel room. We had heard about the amazing breakfasts in Israel, but this was truly incredible: an huge array of fresh cheeses, breads, fruit, salads, cereal, eggs, pastries, fish, and a half dozen hot dishes (blintzes, crepes, quiche, etc…). Marisa, who loves breakfast, thought she was in heaven. We then headed to the beach for some fun. The clear blue water was absolutely perfect - warm, with gentle waves. We rented a couple boogie boards and had a blast riding the surf. The only disappointment was that we didn’t want to risk staying out in ... read more

Hope this publishes...the internet is giving me problems. I miss everyone, especially my prof, but I am having so much fun with Shaunie. Amsterdam was interesting for a day, but Israel is amazing. In Amsterdam I palled around with a guy I met on the train named Milton, he was very nice and it was fun to see all the acceptable weirdness of Amsterdam, it ain't Kansas. Landed in Tel Aviv at 2:30am, immediately going thru Customs, Shauna calls me...tells me to hurry, like I have any control with Israeli security and the process. The security guard in Passport Control asks me lots of questions, very abrupt...then she asks the nature of my visit. I start to cry, saying I am here to see my daughter. I explain how Shauna is here alone as a ... read more

Hey all, sorry for the extreme delay in any posts. I've just been busy a lot in general. Obviously really busy since I'm writing this in Aug 7th. Anyway, this site crashed recently so most of my old stuff was lost. Sorry bout that. Enjoy what I give you though! There'll be lots more to come in future days, and some really great pics. July 4th, 2007, There's a place called Mike's Place in Tel Aviv that is basically a straight up American bar. It's filled with American tourists and everyone speaks English. I don't really like it there too much, but I went there celebrate my independence the best way possible...by getting really drunk. U.S.A.!!!!!! G-d bless America, Marcus Velelis... read more

June 30th, 2007 So I’ve been chilling out a lot and hitting up the beach. I’m starting to get one hell of a tan. My old roommate Jason is visiting from Jerusalem for the weekend. We’ve been going to the beach and last night we went out to a cool bar with a few friends. We all got kind of tipsy—my first time in Tel Aviv—but once again I didn’t really party to hard because we all just hung out as a group. I did go to a really cool party the other night though. It was “white night” here in Tel Aviv, which basically meant that everything stayed open really late, including museums and such. Basically it was just a reason for a party (siba l’misiba as we say in Hebrew). A couple of ... read more

Okay, das hier ist mein letzter Tag und ich bin, wider Erwarten einiger Leute, relativ gut angekommen. Zum kroenenden Abschluss habe ich mich dank einer obskuren Promotion der Intercontinental Hotelgruppe fuer mehr oder weniger umsonst (Punkte) im Crowne Plaza eingebucht und den gestrigen abend und heutigen Vormittag mit Rumdoesen und Buch lesen am Strand / Pool verbracht. Datt hab ich mir ja wohl verdient :) Tel Aviv hat ausser Party und Strand nicht viel zu bieten. Vorhin bin ich die 2km am Strand entlang nach Jaffa spaziert. Die alte Stadt ist inzwischen zum Vorort degradiert, trotzdem ganz nett als Abschluss noch ein paar Ruinen zu sehen :) Abrechung / Charts Da wir nun eindeutig am Abspann dieses kleinen Blogs ankommen, hier mal meine Abrechnung: Billigstes Leben 1. Syrien - 10Euro am Tag und du lebst wie ... read more