Much of our lives are experienced alone. How strange then to realise that cities respond to this aloneness in different ways. Now back in London for a few weeks – bereft of The Baby, The Wife and also The Dog…
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Category: London, Tel-Aviv, TelAviv things wot do my head in, The City, Travel, Uncategorized, Yes there's a world outside Tel-Aviv
Tags: Israel, London, Loneliness, Middle East, Social Norms, Tel-Aviv, Travel and Tourism
I visited Cyprus today. Again. I’ve been to Cyprus three times now, but only once intentionally. You see, Israel’s effectively an island. To the North, South and East we are ringed by frenemies or outright enemies; to the West is…
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Category: TelAviv things wot do my head in, Travel, Uncategorized, Yes there's a world outside Tel-Aviv
Tags: Apple, ayalon, chaos, Crown colony, cyprus, Facebook, flights, Israel, Israelis, Middle East, Tel-Aviv, traffic
Never invite an unpublished author to your wedding. We’re not particularly good at moderation generally; moderation with alcohol specifically. Therefore, an open bar – an integral andĀ inseparableĀ part of all good weddings – is a nightmare in waiting. Initially socially awkward,…
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Category: Travel, Uncategorized, Yes there's a world outside Tel-Aviv
Tags: Don Juan, Event Planning, italy, milan, relationship, Shopping, travel, Wedding, Weddings
Milan wedding. No. 6am flight. No. 3am wakeup. No. Creepy old man alone in the park. No. Transsexual hooker with her John. No. Topless jogger not jogging. No. Gang of fifteen year olds getting drunk in the road. No. Two…
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Category: TelAviv things wot do my head in, The City, Travel, Yes there's a world outside Tel-Aviv
Tags: ben gurion airport, Creepy, inhuman, Israel, morning, no, pain, travel