Tel Aviv Travel Guide
5/01/2008 at 9:30 AM
Tags: Museums, Art, Israel (all tags)
Want to pay to watch a room full of people sitting in a room, scratching their heads because they've got lice? Now you can! An exhibition at the Museum of Bat Yam near Tel Aviv has just that.
Although it sounds totally random, and not exactly enticing, there is some reasoning behind this bizarre display. The museum wanted a display exploring the theme of hosts and guests, and so seven young artists from Berlin came up with the idea of the museum hosting them, while they in turn hosted head lice, for three weeks. And unsurprisingly:
The group acknowledged that living with lice was uncomfortable, but said it was worth it for the sake of art.
It's kind of like Big Brother, with lice. A catchy concept? Probably not, but you might catch the lice.
Related Stories:
· Are Lice Art? [Reuters]
· Israel Travel coverage [Jaunted]
· Museums coverage [Jaunted]
[Photo: pshab]
by amandak
9/14/2007 at 9:02 AM
Tags: Religious Travel, Celeb Travel (all tags)
This week the Chosen People among us celebrated the turning of a new year, Rosh Hashanah. Kabbalist (and Mr. Madonna) Guy Ritchie took some time out to head for the Mediterranean Sea.
He's probably just running on the beach between trips to the synagogue, but any time is a good time for the beach. Starting the year 5768 well rested, care of the Tel Aviv InterContinental Hotel? Now that is sweet. (At least until Southwest Airlines makes you put your shirt on.)
The plans of the people we know who were celebrating included "going home for dinner," "going to temple" and "sleeping in." We must not know enough celebrities, otherwise we would know the only way to ring in a New Year is in Israel!
Related Stories:
· Celeb Travel coverage [Jaunted]
· Tel Aviv Hotels [HotelChatter]
[Photo: Just Jared]
by egw
3/22/2007 at 9:30 AM
Tags: Restaurants, Religion (all tags)
While large-breasted, scantily-clad girls serving up burgers are not usually what you'd associate with the Holy Land of Israel, they're about to go together. The Hooters chain is planning to open a restaurant in Tel Aviv soon, and hopes to expand throughout Israel quickly.
Hooters has already opened in Australia, China and Brazil, but there are a few people wondering if it'll fit into the religious ways of Israel. While they may adapt the menu to suit "food availability and local tastes," the gals' uniforms will be the same and so will the basic casual dining atmosphere. And while Hard Rock Café and Planet Hollywood have both failed in their attempts to crack the Israeli market, Hooters executives have this to say:
We are positive that the Israeli's quest for great food and atmosphere will end at Hooters.
[Photo:
digitalhead!]
Related Stories:·
Hooters To Open in Tel Aviv [Israel Today]
·
Hooters To Expand To Israel [Forbes]
by amandak
2/09/2006 at 7:50 AM
Tags: Funny, Travel Hell (all tags)
So these two Brits take one of those "holidays" to Bangkok. But they thought the place sucked. So they went to a travel agent and got tickets to what they thought was Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. But what they got was a flight to Tel Aviv. Cor. As one of the couple explained, "it sounds daft but I'd never seen Tel Aviv spelt before. I thought it was what people in Thailand called Tenerife." Once they arrived, the unamused Israelis put them behind barbed wire for a time, and strip-searched them twice. And then the couple flew back to Bangkok, and we lost interest, but in the end their wanderings cost them about $8700, with $7300 of that for airfare.
Related Stories:
·
Couple go to Tel and back [The Sun, via
Daily Traveler]
by johnrambow
12/20/2005 at 6:55 PM
Tags: Middle East (all tags)
Mini Israel Park displays hundreds of models that are exact copies of sites, buildings, and landscapes from around the country.
The mini buildings are surrounded by mini vegetation and mini Israleis, and yes, even mini strife:
The doll-like Muslims atop the Temple Mount, the holiest site in the world for Jews, were shielded to stop visitors from destroying them. Some Jewish settlers have found it amusing to throw rocks at the Muslim figures, which broke the entire exhibit.
Their excuse was, `They throw rocks at us, I'm going to throw rocks at them', said Yoni Shapira, the co-founder of Mini Israel. We had to find a way to stop that kind of vandalism, which I think is fanaticism.
The Park is located in Latrun, just off the main highway from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and only a few minutes from Ben Gurion Airport.
Related Stories:
· Big Trouble in Mini Israel [Columbia News Service]
· More Mini Israel Info [TripAdvisor]
by markj
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