Recovery

Let it go
The day after pride, Sven his friend Tsjerk wanted to take the bikes and ride around town and over to Jaffa. I was too tired for that. I sent them on their way and took up residence at the Hilton Hotel pool, until the boys were back. I am really tired, and the little sleep […] Read More

Proud days

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TLV prides itself to host the biggest pride event in the middle east, and rightly so. Not only the march is impressive, but also the number of events happening the the days and weeks around it, from the TLVFest to endless parties. Sven picked the right time for his visit. What a coincidence…! We started […] Read More

Sven

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Sven arrived on Thursday afternoon. He’s staying in the Hilton, right on the beach, with all the boys, and of course on the top floor, with a great view over Tel Aviv. Leave it to him to find a deal, get upgrades and end up in the hot spots… He has been to Tel Aviv […] Read More

Being German in Israel

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Visiting Israel as a German will never be a totally normal thing to do. Mostly because you do not know what to expect. When I first visited two years ago for the start of the last Madonna tour, I was a bit nervous about people’s reactions. And I would have understood if people acted weird, […] Read More

Alicia

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After another day at the beach (I’m basically trying to bring my spending down – the beach is the cheapest option) I met up with my friend Alicia from Brussels. She is in town for two days for a conference for work. She’s one of those friends that I simply didn’t get to see enough […] Read More

Happy B-day, DD

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One of my childhood heroes since I could read, and still today I fondly take one of my old comics and go through his adventures, all over again… Donald Duck turned 80 today, having made his first appearance in Disney’s short animated film The Wise Little Hen on 9 June 1931. Later on, Disney cartoonist Carl Barks took over […] Read More

Capitol Hill

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It took ages to found a place in Seattle. I was super late to book for a whole month. There was very little choice left, practically nothing in or around Capitol Hill, and the few places were either shared rooms, a couch, or a sleeping bag! I’m not kidding. A few rooms were available, but a couple […] Read More

Bookings, beaches, box-office

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The last days have been perfect, I only spent time at the beach, booking stuff for my trip, and getting tix for the Film festival. By now I have a pretty good tan, just about managing to avoid a sunburn. I’m either at Banana Beach, where the waves were so enormous the other day that I […] Read More

TLVFest

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It’s time for the movies. During Pride, Tel Aviv also celebrate its LGBT film festival, TLVFest. It’s perfect after a long day under an umbrella at the beach, to go see a movie in a cool, dark place! I went there to see Rosie, a Swiss movie, but alas, somehow they had first to delay […] Read More

Time off

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I couldn’t sleep most of the night – it was either way too warm up in my alcove, or, if I turned on the air-con, too noisy, and too cold. I fell asleep around 5.30 to the sound of the birds. So I slept long, had a slow start, and then looked for a laundromat… […] Read More

Like a Rolling Stone

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There are some things in life that are just on everyone’s bucket list – or should be. And attending a concert by the Rolling Stones would be one of those things, at least for me. I have already missed out on Michael Jackson, and those guys aren’t getting younger, so you better go while you […] Read More

Back to the 80s

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The city was plastered with posters for this Michael Jackson Tribute party, celebrating the release of this second post-mortem album with unreleased songs that have been finished by different producers. Impossible to ignore. My friend Davidi also wanted to go, so off we went to that club, located in the Central Bus station in Tel […] Read More