Israel

Unfortunately my friend I visited in Israel became sick right during the week I was there. So we had lots of slow days, tea in bead, talking,... Friendship time. I don't know when was the last time I have done this little in a day. And at first it bothered me because I thought I've come all the way here and now I don't even get to see the country. But after a while I could let go of that and let this unplanned incident slow me down. It forced me to do something I otherwise wouldn't have done. Decelerate myself. Let go of expectations but even more importantly of the need to always do something, be productive, see a lot, go as far as possible, ...
Of course this does not mean I can't visit any places, must stay at home all the time. So after a few days I decided to walk around the town by myself. And here are some impressions.
As I was used to grey, rainy, winter weather of a Germany in February this occurred to me as extremely green. And the green in my eyes, the sun on my face and the birds singing... I do love winter but man, I've missed this!

And some inpressions on Tel Aviv. Where I spend 2 days before I flew back. It's a beautiful city, especially the old Tel Aviv Jaffa.
What I really like about traveling is that I can be with myself. Discovering all these places I very much enjoyed being with nobody but myself. It's not that I don't like to connect with people, I like that, too (I spend the evening with some guys from Tel Aviv, sitting and watching the sun set. I met them in a park with their slack line literally one minute after I thought it would be nice to walk on a slack line. And the next day I got invited on a rooftop by a photographer) But I also like to experience things alone because I can take them in a lot deeper and am more aware.