Friday, October 17, 2014

Welcoming tourists in style

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A young lady in period costume welcomed visitors to the newly restored Turkish Railway Station in Beer Sheva.
It was built by the Ottoman Turks in 1915. 


The national heritage site will be officially opened in three weeks.
Meanwhile the staff did a few-days practice run during the Sukkot holiday week.
The welcomers and guides and musicians were all very welcoming.
The Train Yard - Engine 70414 Compound is a beautiful place now.
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(Linking to Shadow Shot Sunday.)
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17 comments:

  1. That first pic is very beautiful! Great shadow from the parasoll around the lady. Impressive dress

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  2. Very formal indeed, and she's such a contrast to the casualness of the visitors!

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  3. Great attraction!




    ALOHA from Honolulu
    ComfortSpiral
    =^..^= . <3

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  4. The success of the renovated Ottoman era railway station in Jerusalem must have got those Beer Sheva conservationists thinking. Great idea!

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  5. Is she still there? I'll be right over!

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  6. Not exactly what you would expect there, but she is very elegant!

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  7. It's a lovely dress and I like how you captured her standing in the shadow.

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  8. Not lady in the dark but in the shadow :)

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  9. Friends, thanks for all your fun comments!

    Hels, yes, and I think Tel Aviv was the first to turn their 1890 abandoned railway station into a cultural and shopping venue.
    Then came Jerusalem's First Station, and now Beer Sheva's.

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  10. Helen, see
    http://www.hatachana.co.il/home
    for the Tel Aviv one.

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  11. thanks for sharing these unique photos! Have a lovely day!

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  12. Very nice but she looks a wee bit warm in the hot desert sun with a hoop skirt.

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  13. Such a beautiful costume. The young woman looks like a little enchanting doll.

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  14. I remember the song about 70414 in Beer Sheva train station.
    בתחנה בבאר שבע עמד קטר ומספרו 40414

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  15. Yael, yes! The lyrics to the Haim Hefer song are written on one of the buildings! I will blog about the Locomotive 70414 soon.

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  16. Such an unexpected sight! Rather delightful.

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