TEL AVIV, A MICRO-METROPOLIS ON THE MEDITERRANEAN

“My love affair with Tel Aviv started from afar. I had visited this complex, vibrant micro-metropolis on the Mediterranean just a handful of times before deciding to relocate for the foreseeable future. Tel Aviv was the one place in the world where I wasn’t looking at my watch or thinking I was ready to leave. Its Fikus tree-lined streets are dotted with cafes, restaurants, bars and cultural oddities that are hard to describe, and may not even make sense, but that is the beauty of the city. The contrast between urban and sea; Levantine and Middle Eastern; Jewish, Muslim, Christian. Local & foreign. These characteristics create a city that can be as beautifully described like an excerpt from Calvino’s Invisible Cities. Tel Aviv is either 20 years in the past or 20 years in the future. Its outdatedness mixed with super-high-tech culture makes for a city of the present. For that reason alone, it is worth a visit.” - Ross Belfer