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amateur traveler episode 459 today the amateur traveler talks about

cafes and beaches a flea market and yes a camel market as we go to Tel Aviv, Israel. I know that I should be heading home, but maybe not today.

Welcome to the amateur traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen.

We'll be hearing more from our sponsor later on, but first let's hear about Tel Aviv.

I'd like to welcome to the show Shimrit Elissar, the author ofleviviv Guide, which you can find a DIY televiv guide.com.

Shimrit, welcome to the show.

Hi, it's great to be here.

Excellent. And so you are a resident of Tel Aviv in addition to the person who wrote the book on it.

So I spend my time between here and the UK, but nowadays it's mostly here.

Excellent.

And why should someone come to Tel Aviv?

It's a really small city.

You can walk everywhere interesting,

but it's got so much going on in it.

It's easily comparable to really big cities

like New York and London and Berlin.

There's so much going on.

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