ISRAEL - INDEPENDENCE DAY 2004 NETANYA |
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NETANYA | ||
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Netanya - From beautiful beach to boulevard | Walking along the boulevard | |
The Netanyan boulevard high above the sea | Yes, Netanya recommended ! | |
We'll have a look around furthermore | ||
Beach... | ... and city center | |
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Easy does it in the morning | ||
Time for a newspaper and a good coffee | ||
In the weekend we were invited to go to a business relative of Koos Heemskerk | ||
So we still enjoyed some environment,..... | ||
... and a last view on the beach ... | ||
... and up to our next mission: Koos Heemskerk's contact in flowers. Koos is auxionmaster at that time at Flora Rijnsburg | ||
Koos' friend Zif and his wife treated us on an unforgettable experience: A visit to the Columbarium Caves | ||
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COLUMBARIUM CAVE / POLISH CAVE | ||
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When ever near: Do visit these remarquable caves ! | ||
History can be found on internet, that's not up to us on this aviation website... | ||
... then again, Israel is a special state when you visit it for aviation, especially military aviation. | ||
Ok, some culture: In a weekend this is a very worth while place to visit ! | ||
Many pigeons make the caves their homes... | ||
... these are situated in a desolate but beautiful landscape ! | ||
Enjoy these images for yourself... | ||
Every spot is worth while a picture ... | ||
... as Koos also seems to think when walking around underground. | ||
On the surface is hardly to be seen that you walk over these caves... | ||
Nice flowers on the surface... although here we meet something special. | ||
A short nice story : A part of the caves have collapsed as you see here. | ||
The story goes that when this happened, there was a shepherd with his flock, walking around when he heard a noise... | ||
... looking behind him, he noticed that his complete flock had... dissapeared ! | ||
The weak ceilings of the caves broke down by the weight of the flock of sheep ! This resulted in these fine views. | ||
Time to get back to our guests house and business, enjoying very nice views en route. | ||
Imagine, such a nice house and always fine weather in general | ||
Zif's wife treated us on a very fine King's meal... | ||
... while afterwards Koos and Zif talked about their mutual interest: Flowers and exports | ||
Even as an outsider it is very interesting to see and experience all this, and see how such a farm exists. | ||
Thank you Zif, we'd be happy to meet again ! | ||
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NETANYA - Independence day's evening | ||
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In the evening people walking along and having fun eating all kinds of specialties. Kids teasing eachother with foam | ||
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Eating specific Israelian food, and we, celebrating with the local inhabitants and enjoying the fireworks | ||
The fireworks were really amazing ! | ||
People all have fun and feel free, though others are alert. Have to be ! | ||
But on this specific evening everyone wishes to forget troubles, and celebrate with each other in close harmony. | ||
It's time to end this impression... | ||
... we take a last look at the fireworks... | ||
... most of it explodes medium high, that makes it extra attractive. | ||
Well brother, had a long and intensive day ? Cheers, and have a good night sleep ! | ||
Fully recommended: Beaches, Boulevards and Hotels of Netanya and Tel Aviv, absolutely visit Jerusalem by taxi ! | ||
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WE HOPE YOU LIKED OUR SMALL IMPRESSION, AND WE HOPE TO BE BACK ONCE IN ISRAEL | ||
Special thanks to Anat ! You were most helpful ! | ||