Taking the time to walk slowly across the shore, you can feel the wind blows all around, making music and bringing memories from many other places. And then at nightfall, when the drama begins, as the canopy of stars is being exposed with the enchanting royal blue sky, the whole scene has a dreamy quality, like a fairy tale, outside time.
Everything is relaxed, time becomes elastic and thoughts are full of appreciation. Reflections of love are all around, when the nature presents its finest moments:
Jaffa On Ice
Its the moments of appreciation, that moment of wonder and inspiration, its the time to forgive.
a serenade from the stars of a great human curiosity,
the summer season is heading safely to its end while the drums of war are banging loud in this middle east area. And we standing in a special place, and what are you gonna do here? What are you gonna dream here?
Life here is full of energy and full of optimism, everybody’s lovin’, everyone wants to be happy under these skies so blue.
Tel Aviv lookout
and here in Israel we stand on the Mediterranean shore, where all your fathers stood here before you, and I see your lips, and remember the summer kisses and the sun-burned hands I used to hold.
just listen to the man in the liquor store yellin’ “Anybody wanna drink before the war?”.
see you soon with more photos from Israel,
Tel Aviv city lights, Israel 2013. The city of Tel Aviv is an open air museum exhibiting an impressive display of international style buildings and Bauhaus architecture.
Well…this is NOT Hong Kong….but this point of view reminded me some images I’ve seen of Hong Kong. As you can see, a heavy fog that advanced from the Mediterranean sea into Tel Aviv – covered the city. Low clouds and heavy fog covering the city might be a regular scene in San Francisco, but it is very unusual to have such a scene in Israel. Fog is a rare phenomena in Israel and especially in Tel Aviv, as the city resides on the Mediterranean sea.
Tel Aviv under a cloud storm
Its not New York or Hong Kong, but with this image you can get some impression of the architecture of the Tel Aviv with its few towers and skyscrapers. These low clouds surrounded the major Reading power station in Tel Aviv, and advanced to the sport arena in the middle and the city new towers in the front of this image. The heavy fog started suddenly on a Thursday afternoon, where people working in the city skyscrapers observed huge low clouds coming from the sea, probably from Cyprus and slowly advancing into the city. For some people this was a shocking scene that was seen only in movies like “the day after“. The fog stayed all night across the shoreline and refused to go anywhere. In the next three days there was no wind, so these low clouds didn’t go anywhere.
Below is a quick Tel Aviv photo collection – every image is clickable.
Following a tough competition between the mega technology giants of Apple, Facebook and Google, it was finally announced today that Google won the heart of the famous Israeli startup company called Waze. Waze is a social traffic & navigation app based on the world’s largest community of drivers sharing real time road info.
According to Bloomberg the acquisition is of $1.1 billion, making it one of the largest purchases in Israeli history. According to the speculations Waze preferred to be acquired by Google and not by Apple or Facebook, as Google has already a development Campus in Tel Aviv which has a headcount of several hundreds of employees.
Waze is one of the few companies out there that is bringing that kind of search together with actual map data and a social layer, so now the marriage had been announced: Google Maps and Waze, outsmarting traffic together.
so here is a nice collection including some of my favorites photos of Israel which i really feel attached to. Most of these are of Tel Aviv and old Jaffa, but also of Jerusalem. Architecture and cityscape photography always amaze me with its power to reveal and expose the land we walk upon, especially when it is related to history and great stories from the bible.
Below is a focused Tel Aviv photo collection of Tel Aviv – every image is clickable.
a heavy fog advanced earlier this month from the sea into Tel Aviv and covered the city. Low clouds and heavy fog covering the city might be a regular scene in San Fransisco, but it is very unusual to have such a scene in Israel.
Tel Aviv center
The heavy fog started suddenly on Thursday afternoon, where people working in the city skyscrapers observed huge low clouds coming from the sea, probably from Cyprus and slowly advancing into the city. For some people this was a shocking scene that was seen only in movies like “the day after“. The fog stayed all night across the shoreline and refused to go anywhere. In the next three days there was no wind, so these low clouds didn’t go anywhere.
Here is how the this square look like on a normal day, where you can observe the Mediterranean sea:
The center plaza in the photo is Kikar Hamedina plaza that was designed by the international architect Oscar Niemeyer. Tel Aviv has several major plazas and the best known are Rabin Square, Dizengoff Circle and HaMedina Square – translated into the State Square.
Below is a quick Tel Aviv photo collection of Tel Aviv – every image is clickable.
Harbors have long been of great strategic naval and economic importance, and many great cities of the world are located on them. The port of Jaffa, on the Mediterranean is an old one, claims to be the oldest harbour in the world. Jaffa is mentioned several times in the bible and its history is spanning more than 3000 years.
Jaffa had been conquered more than 20 times in the history: by the Egyptians, Phoenicians, Babylonians, Philistines, Assyrians, Maccabeans, Seleucids, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Crusaders, Mongols, Mamluks, Ottomans, French and British. All realized the military strategic importance of the seaside city and each conquered it in order to gain control and approach to the holy land of Israel and especially to Jerusalem.
Many legends are related to Jaffa from Greek mythology of the beautiful Andromeda who was chained to the rocks near Jaffa, to the story of Jonah and the whale, but the most important story of the foundation of Jaffa by the son of Noah, the captain of the most famous arks in history.
the old city of Jaffa
The port is still functional today as a small fishing port, and currently serves as a recreational zone featuring cool restaurants and bars, a seaside promenade surrounded with walls of the old city and a vibrant flea market.
The old city of Jaffa with its narrow alleyways now house the picturesque artists quarter and is a goldmine for visitors with a unique atmosphere and historic attractions, museums and galleries.
There is a perfect summer weather at Jaffa all year round which makes is a fantastic place to visit.
Following a previous post about Google that launched earlier this month its most newest campus in Tel Aviv, these days an online poll conducted by the wall street journal and Citibank is going to determine the most Innovative city in the world.
Tel Aviv is pitted against world economic capital New York City and Medellin in the battle for the top spot. If Tel Aviv wins, the online poll will join a string of similar Internet award in the White City’s digital trophy rooster. Telavivians are seriously looking forward for it. The competition tests a city’s capacity to adapt and re-imagine itself and the municipality’s ability of forward thinking, as well as cities’ integration with and influence on global markets, culture and innovation, the Journal said.
Tel Aviv matrix by Ronsho is here : clicking the images to view it larger:
These colorful Tel Aviv photos are part of the the Tel Aviv time capsule, a telavivian project to be exposed during 2013 so……you better stay tuned !
Some more Israeli items are going to be added to the whole gallery and only a few know about it, so unfortunately more details can not be disclosed at the moment.
Tel Aviv Memorabilia 