Tel Aviv

Well, it's been a long time since my last post, but I haven't been traveling so much. This summer, however, I got to make another trip to Israel. We spent most of the time in Tel Aviv, the cosmopolitan center of Israel. The food is good, the weather is hot, and the people are beautiful. We also traveled to Jerusalem, but this post is all about Tel Aviv.




As you can see, Tel Aviv is the business center of Israel. It's located on the beach, and it's a really nice city. The people are friendly, you can get around easily on foot, and people are up all night long. It really never sleeps.

We were fortunate to get to stay in an apartment right by the beach for free. You can see the sun setting (from our balcony) here.

We were incidentally staying right by the American Embassy (the building on the right), which for some strange reason is right on the beach, even though I understand that American officials in Israel aren't allowed to go anywhere fun (like clubs).

Here's a picture of me on the beach. This was July, so it was pretty warm.



Below you can see the city of Jaffa, which is on the southern end of Tel Aviv. Tel Aviv is a relatively new city, but Jaffa is thousands of years old, and has a long history as an important port city on this part of the Mediterranean.

Here's Lea and I, in Jaffa, with Tel Aviv behind us.



That day was really hot.