When I first posted my A Walk Down the Beach, I had not yet had the opportunity to take appropriate pictures. I took my camera out during Shabbat and had fun shooting the happy beach-going crowds. As it heats up, our little beaches are starting to look like Miami on spring break.
First, the Israelis are ultra-competitive when it comes to parking spaces. You thought mall parking in the US was bad--beach parking in Israel is on an entirely different level. Watching cars maneuver for the top spots from our window has become a spectator sport. You guess where you think each car is going and are always amazed when they do crazy things like leveraging a crosswalk speed bump to park the front of their car on the sidewalk. And it's not like their only option is to park semi-legally either. While we watched cars box each other in with atrociously selfish parking directly across from the beach, there were plenty of open legal spaces one block away! Maybe I'm too laid back and Californian to appreciate the Israeli car parking mentality, but it seems to be absolutely ludicrous to spend more time fighting over a small advantage than to save time by seeking viable nearly as nice alternatives.
Case in point (note the open spaces in the upper left corner):
And here's all the people:
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| Crowds at Hof Ha Carmel |
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| Surfers at Zamir |
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| Lifeguard station; swimmers allowed between the flags |
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| Kids' pool with dolphin |
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| My favorite beach restaurant, Kadarim |
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| Men relax on the new grass by playing backgammon |
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| Party time at Seasons Beach, sponsored by Tuborg, an Israeli beer company |
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| Camel, looks just like the cigarettes |
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| Playground/fitness center for adults |
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| walking the beach |
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| walking was too hot |
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| South Dado Beach, or South Beach--very crowded |
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| On South Beach, women flock to the ice cream truck ... |
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| ...while men play matkot |
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| Life doesn't get better than this! |
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