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Tel Aviv – the beating heart of Israel
January 15, 2017

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Back in 2016, I’ve been travelling to Israel for business. I knew that the country would impress me but I hadn’t expected such a big impression.

Tel Aviv is such a sunny and lively city that you need some hours after arrival to realise that this incredible place is a destination of your business trip. Especially, if you have a hotel located directly on the shore.

Only after travelling to Israel I understood the fascination by the air conditioning of my Israeli colleagues. The humidity and heat, particularly in a hotel with a close view of the sea, don’t let you sit in your hotel room without running AC. That’s why it’s time to leave your suite and go for a walk. You’ll sweat like a pig but when looking at people running along the beach, you’ll start hoping for getting used to these weather conditions over your one week stay.

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View from my hotel room

Israel has really well-maintained roads and only nice cars driving on them. Sounds pretty much like a perfect place to drive? Not quite. According to witnesses’ stories and my own observation, the Isreali drivers haven’t developed a very good driving culture. The distance between the hotel and our company is 18 km but the journey lasts over 1 hour. It might seem quite frustrating but on the other hand, thanks to that I could have very nice conversations with the taxi drivers. After one hour drive, they provide as much information as a 3-hour lasting documentary. And how are people in Israel? They’re open, relaxed, smart, and cool. It was a big pleasure to talk to everyone and I’m happy to have Israeli colleagues at work.

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The never ending beach of Tel Aviv

After coming from the office to Tel Aviv, I used to go for a walk and take pictures. Unfortunately, despite good camera, the photos can’t fully show the beauty of the place. It’s really worth visiting Israel and seeing it live. When your accommodation is close to the sea, you can just walk along the beach. And you can keep going like this for long, long time. This is because Israel is situated very nicely towards the sea. You come across palm trees everywhere, it feels like paradise. The seaside is extremely long. There’s enough space for everyone on the beach. Or rather, on the beaches. As there are plenty of them. Beaches for families, beaches for dogs, beaches for nudists, beaches for religious people, and perhaps many others that I haven’t reached. Maybe there are beaches for running, surfing, and grilling. Who knows? Isreal has got very creative inhabitants.

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Palm trees everywhere!

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The old port of Jaffa. This place will blow your mind.

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Sheer beauty of Jaffa

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Mysterious. Intriguing. Adventurous. This is Jaffa Port.

During my first walk in Tel Aviv I was lead by one thing – hunger! This is how I landed in “The Old Man and The Sea” in Jaffa Port. Israeli food is something unique. Hummus is a must have. The Israelis know that they have great cuisine and they’re proud of it. This is this kind of culinary adventure that makes you cook those dishes after your return home. I make good hummus but I haven’t nailed the falafel yet. Maybe instead of struggling in the kitchen I should just go back to Israel and let the local chefs make my taste buds dancing.

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This wonderful set of dishes is just a starter in “The Old Man and the Sea”

When we went to Krakow several weeks ago, we found a hole in the wall in the Jewish quarter. It felt like Tel Aviv with the pictures on the walls, music in the background, and great hummus. This authentical place, called “Hamsa”, hasn’t nailed the falafel either but it was great to have the memories from Israel back in a place not so far away from home.

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Our meal in “Hamsa” in Krakow brought the memories back. Hummus with dried tomatoes, falafel, olives…

If someone asked me to describe my stay in Israel with only one word, I would say: sababa!

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Sunset

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Anna Jaskulska is an experienced pharmacist and currently works as a Master Data Analyst for Teva ratiopharm. She creates content for ankitupadhyay.com in the area of inspiring places.

10 Comments


Reini
January 15, 2017 at 8:02 pm
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Nice article, sounds like Tel Aviv is definetely worth a trip. Really cool that you had some time beside business to pick up something of the atmosphere and spirit of the city.



    Ania
    January 15, 2017 at 8:45 pm
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    Indeed, it felt more like holidays than a business trip. This city will capture your heart very quickly. 🙂

Tete
January 15, 2017 at 9:55 pm
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On my wishlist. Great article, now i feel hungry !



    Ania
    January 16, 2017 at 6:48 pm
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    You will love it, Tete!

Britta
January 15, 2017 at 10:08 pm
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Thank you for sharing this! Would you say it’s safe to travel alone as a woman to TelAviv?



    Ania
    January 16, 2017 at 6:55 pm
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    Britta, it felt even safer than the small village I come from 🙂 I was mostly leaving the hotel in the evening, when the temperature was dropping. After sunset Tel Aviv is really waking up. People are showing up and start grilling, walking, surfing, playing with their children.

travel
January 15, 2017 at 10:43 pm
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Appreciate this post. Let me try it out.



    Ania
    January 16, 2017 at 6:58 pm
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    travel, yes, try it! I’ve been only to Tel Aviv but I’ve heard that places like Haifa or the Death Sea area are gorgeous too.

travel
January 16, 2017 at 11:58 pm
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Hi there would you mind letting me know which hosting company you’re using?
I’ve loaded your blog in 3 different browsers and I must say
this blog loads a lot quicker then most. Can you recommend a good hosting provider at a reasonable price?
Thanks a lot, I appreciate it!



    Ankit
    January 19, 2017 at 9:20 am
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    Hi travel,
    It’s a german hosting company. For security reasons, we can’t tell you the name directly. Although, In general majority of big hosts (like godaddy, 1&1 etc) are all good. The only reason the website loads fast is because we have coded it quite well ?

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