Comments on: Travel day 2 – From Heathrow to Tel Aviv

By: AntonGarou

AntonGarou — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:28:12 +0000

I suspect the size of the room has much more to do with the overcrowding in the TA area: land in this area costs way more then land in most other parts of Israel, with the possible exception of Jerusalem.

By: Rene

Rene — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:12:32 +0000

I’m really enjoying your travelogue. Thanks for posting it.

By: amysue

amysue — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:20:39 +0000

I really, really, must stay at the Hotel Cinema next time we go to Israel (which was to be in Feb’09 but the economy has nixed that).

I love the look of Tel Aviv as cities go, but my favorite place in Israel is Jaffa with Haifa a close second (we’ve family near Haifa).

I’m looking forward to hearing more!

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:59:14 +0000

They have whole malls inside the gates these days because you can no longer bring in outside drinks, go back to the duty-free or gift shop after you’ve checked in, etc. And you could end up waiting hours to board.

I wonder if the lighter color of buildings in Tel Aviv is deliberate for reduced heat-trapping, or if that’s merely a pleasant side-effect.

And yes, the awesomeness of Hotel Cinema sounds ineffable indeed.

By: Guy Shalev

Guy Shalev — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:29:20 +0000

We’re usually two hours apart from London, we just moved off of Daylight Saving Time, we do it just before Yom Kippur, creating a short window where we move out of sync with the rest of the world.

By: Ella

Ella — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:58:33 +0000

Mad props to Didi and Michael from the Israeli readers of this blog; you guys were (and are) indeed superb, besides totally spoiling us with your GoH choices. I know that Tel-Aviv was originally a pioneer city for Bauhaus architecture (allegedly, the first floors of all houses were to have glass walls, so that one could theoretically see the sea from any point in the city). Never noticed the distinctive colour, though. It's an awfully cool fact. Your amiable tourist-y observations are both quirky and astute. It sort of makes me want to send you out on a world trip just to read you blog about it. :) Looking forward to the next part.

By: B. Durbin

B. Durbin — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:16:36 +0000

So they’ve still got strip fields? That’s a relic from medieval times, when it was a real pain in the butt to turn a plow around.

Weird.

By: kit

kit — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:11:10 +0000

Hotel Cinema sounds cool as hell. This already makes me want to visit Israel even more than I already did.