So, our CEO suggested a fun “homework” assignment—visiting a museum. I chose the Hasmonean Heritage Museum and really enjoyed it! The hands-on exhibits about Modiin’s history were super engaging. The highlight was the interactive timeline and a cool 4D movie. Overall, a unique experience that connected past and present nicely!
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We really enjoyed the #YomHaAtzmaut fireworks in our city last night. They were pretty spectacular 🎆
I went for a nice walk this morning, and tried a different route along some paths through some ancient landmarks.
Early morning in my city after a run.
Tal Kravitz performed at one of our city’s annual Autumn music festival events in a neighbourhood park yesterday. According to his bio on his Facebook Page – Tal Kravitz is a musician and a singer educated at Israel’s finest music institutions. He is also a traveler who journeyed on a personal search for original tribal music in far corners of the world not yet exposed to Western civilization. Tal plays piano, harp, guitar, a variety of bagpipes, the musical saw, African percussion instruments and more. We really enjoyed the event. Kravitz is really engaging, and involves the audience (who loved him). Fortunately we arrived early enough to find good seats. I took advantage of that for some photographs. Kravitz used a range of musical instruments including an Irish harp, a saw (the kind you use to cut wood), bagpipes, and some sort of electromagnetic/sonic device.
Exploring our new city center Modiin’s new city center has been under development for several years now, and parts of it have been left open for pedestrians to explore. I took a walk along a center walkway early this morning, and photographed the sections that stood out to me. Years under construction I’ve been watching the site slowly take shape over the last four years. I captured the development’s progress on and off in my photographs, many of which are on Flickr 👉 2015-12-22 Directing construction2015-12-15 Construction one morning2017-01-07 Exploring an evolving site2018-06-09 Modiin City Centre construction update Taking shape My favourite feature of this boulevard is the center section that runs from the top opposite the municipality, and extends all the way to the bottom where it intersects with another road. It’s a really comfortable space to walk along, and there are water features, seating, and smaller buildings for coffee shops, restaurants, and bars. Even though the center section seems mostly complete, the buildings on either side are still very much under construction, and it will probably still be some time before those are completed, and occupied. Although the boulevard seems to be open to pedestrians, it’s still closed to cars (although that didn’t stop a few people from taking a drive through this morning). Closed for cars I like this sort of space in a city. It feels more open, comfortable, and I’m looking forward to seeing which stores open there. Mostly, I’m hopeful that we’ll have a few places open on Saturdays when stores are generally closed here in Israel.
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