Israel (Away) Sat 26th Mar 05

[Peadar]

Only got a chance to read the programme from the Portugal game there at the weekend. Did anyone see the page about Israel?

Hostesses will greet us at the airport with flowers.
We'll be given passes for the various attractions and they're going to lay on free busses for us to some places of interest.
More importantly they've invited us to a beach party on Friday.
I'll get the exact info tonight but it looks like the beach on Friday could be our Eifel tower.

[DubJohn]

Hi there...

Sorry if I'm posting repeated questions.. I had a look through the Israel sticky and couldn't find the info I was looking for.

I'm thinking of going over to the Israel game on my tobler....
Is anyone else doing this? Does anyone know how many fans are expected over there for it?

Is it better to go with a travel agent for this one or what are people generally doing? I prefer to try to make my own arrangements but the scheduled flights from London are pretty dear (around 880 euro), then with accomodation on top of that...

Any tips/advice would be most welcome....

[Peadar]

I'm thinking of going over to the Israel game on my tobler....
Is anyone else doing this?

All the information you're looking for is on the sticky.
You could have posted this question on there too.

I'm going on my own from London but meeting up with the lads when I get there. We're expecting between 1,500 and 2,000 Ireland fans over there.

You've left it late for booking flights so you may find that using an agent is cheaper.

[Green Tribe]

sounds great Peadar! have a great time, have a drink for me :D :D i would love to be there! :(

[Peadar]

Right folks, the text from the programme is as follows.


Tel Aviv Ready for Green Invasion

The city of Tel Aviv eagerly awaits the arrival of the thousands of Irish fans expected for the Israel-Ireland match, March 26th, 2005.
As they step off the plane at Ben-Gurion International Airport, they will be greeted by hostesses with flowers and information on tourist opportunities in Tel Aviv.
Together with the local tourist office, the City Council will offer free tours to some of Tel Aviv's greatest attractions. Irish fans can enjoy City Pass concessions to tourist and cultural sites, as well as discount vouchers for shops and restaurants.
Jerusalem is just a short drive away, where you can visit the holy sites associated with Easter. March 25th is not just Good Friday, but also the Jewish carnival festival of purim.
The Tel Aviv City Council is inviting all the Irish fans to a huge beach party on that Friday. In the evening, many clubs will be running special parties into the small hours of the morning.

There are a few additional facts in a "Did you know?" section.
Basically saying the average temperature is 25C and draft Guinness is widely available.

Is anyone getting well up for this with every passing day!?
Hope they're not trying to distract us from the football... ;)

[Cowboy]

Hope they're not trying to distract us from the football... ;)

Peadar maybe they saw how Ireland beat the W . Indies at cricket :D

[gspain]

Ambient temperature of 25C

Draught Guinness

Beautiful hostesses meeting us with flowers.

Parties and free buses.

Guess there'll be no moaning this time about another hardship trip and us being the real fans.......... :D :D

[Paulie]

I'm getting to a stage whereby I want to kill my "mate" that arranged his wedding for March 26th. I really want to go to Israel but it's just not meant to be. Roll on The Faroes.

[Eire06]

Only got a chance to read the programme from the Portugal game there at the weekend. Did anyone see the page about Israel?

Hostesses will greet us at the airport with flowers.
We'll be given passes for the various attractions and they're going to lay on free busses for us to some places of interest.
More importantly they've invited us to a beach party on Friday.
I'll get the exact info tonight but it looks like the beach on Friday could be our Eifel tower.

I heard something a while ago about them trying to improve there image so this must be part of it....

Would love to go to it would give anything to go but noone will come with me :mad: :mad:
My usual partner in crime is going to America and none of my friends have any interest in watchin the match on the telly never mind going over to Isreal to it...

Would go on my own but apparantly Isreal isn't that safe a place for a little girl like myself :o

[Green Tribe]

just go, u can meet up with s.one from foot.ie! they will look after you. :D i planned going on my own but i cannot afford it :mad:

[ACdub]

the only reason any fans should protest is if they close the bars early!!! after all it's a long way to go for a pint on good friday!!

see you all in some pub in telaviv for football and not politics or religion, our religion is football!!

[the_bonk]

Really nice to see the "great momentum" ( if you can call it like that ) that this thread is getting.

Ask every question you want cause in friday night im going to a vacation for a week ( Cancun , Mexico ) .

P.S- I don't think that many of you will see 'hostesses with flowers' because most of you will come from all over Europe, so i don't think it is possible :-) .
On the other hand, all the other thing's they wrote in the program are true .

[NOLANone]

Bonk,

please help me with these questions:

what is the best currency for Irish fans to bring to Tel Aviv?

do the night clubs really allow late admission 1.30 ~ 2.30 and go on all night on Thursday, Friday and Saturday? How much is the average admission price?

what is the average price of beer in Tel Aviv clubs and bars?

do the Israeli girls speak good English, and do they generally stay out clubbing late?

would you recommend the Sheraton Hotel Tel Aviv?

thanks for your help to Irish fans travelling to your country, hope to see yourself and all other foot.ie members at the beach party on the Friday before the match! Enjoy Mexico!

[Cowboy]

after all it's a long way to go for a pint on good friday!!



I never thought of that, nice one :)

[Cowboy]

Just received a letter from the FAI to say my ticket application was successful and they area awaiting confirmation from the Israeli FA as to when tickets will be delivered

[the_bonk]

Bonk,

please help me with these questions:

1)what is the best currency for Irish fans to bring to Tel Aviv?

2)do the night clubs really allow late admission 1.30 ~ 2.30 and go on all night on Thursday, Friday and Saturday? How much is the average admission price?

3)what is the average price of beer in Tel Aviv clubs and bars?

4)do the Israeli girls speak good English, and do they generally stay out clubbing late?

5)would you recommend the Sheraton Hotel Tel Aviv?

thanks for your help to Irish fans travelling to your country, hope to see yourself and all other foot.ie members at the beach party on the Friday before the match! Enjoy Mexico!

1) In Israel we have our local currency : NIS - New Israeli Shekel. This will be the most convienent if you will change it when you land in the airport.
Some places will take from you Euro's if you want , but to ask a beer or anything that dosn't cost a lot to pay in Euro's will be a problem .

2) Every club has their own policy about how much they take , and if they have "late admission " , so don't really count on it .
The price should be from 70 NIS to 100 NIS ( 12.5 Euro to 18 Euro ) .

3) Around 20 NIS

4) Yes , the girls should know English for a nice conversation ;) ( we start to learn here at third grade English , and everyone is taking English very seriously....so you should talk with them , but you never know ....maybe you will find someone that dosn't know to speek well ) .

5) Yep, very nice hotel !!!!

[Peadar]

Around 20 NIS

For a glass of beer? 500ml?
Blimey, I thought Dublin was expensive!

*Edit* I've just checked the rate and 20 NIS is about €3.50 so the panic is over. ;)


...maybe you will find someone that dosn't know to speek well

So long as she can say "yes" and "more" she'll be ok. :D

[the_bonk]

So long as she can say "yes" and "more" she'll be ok. :D

LOL :D

[NOLANone]

:p what about the Israeil Army girls would they be up for much fun at the weekends? :eek:

[the_bonk]

what about the Israeil Army girls would they be up for much fun at the weekends?

How can i know ?!?!?!? LOL
Actually i think that not many , because in Israeli girls go to the army between 18-20 , and i think that the party's age group will be higher, but i don't know.

[Peadar]

in Israeli girls go to the army between 18-20 , and i think that the party's age group will be higher, but i don't know.

Do you need to prove your age if you want to go to a club?
My youthful looks could be a problem. ;)

[the_bonk]

Do you need to prove your age if you want to go to a club?
My youthful looks could be a problem. ;)

To the fan's party im sure it won't be a problem ( If you are over 18 of-course , because they will serve alcohol ) .

But in Israel , the club's have different theme every night....So one night the club is for 18 years old, and the other is for 25....
So if you are planing to go to a regualar party you should have with you some kind of I.D .

[NOLANone]

Peadar,

terrible talk from you! LOL :)

Remember that we're guests of their country and we have to uphold the gentleman reputation of Irish men held my millions across the world! ;)

Bring on the beautiful Israeli ladies! I'm sure there are plenty of them who will love our Irish accents and be unable to resist us! :D

Let's hope that Dana International ( of Eurovision fame ) is out of the country the weekend of the match. Never know how many Irish chat up lines he/she :confused: might hear after the green army have been boozing all day!

[Eire06]

Peadar,

terrible talk from you! LOL

Remember that we're guests of their country and we have to uphold the gentleman reputation of Irish men held my millions across the world!

Bring on the beautiful Israeli ladies! I'm sure there are plenty of them who will love our Irish accents and be unable to resist us!

Let's hope that Dana International ( of Eurovision fame ) is out of the country the weekend of the match. Never know how many Irish chat up lines he/she :confused: might hear after the green army have been boozing all day!

God help them, they don't know what theyre lettin themselves in for :o :o

[NOLANone]

That's the whole idea :) Eire06, we'll take them by suprise!

They'll be expecting us to be all shy, reserved and quiet but I'm on a lone mission to prove them wrong!

Message to all Israeli ladies, ( well those 18~25 in my case anyway ) '' the Irish are coming! '' :D

[Eire06]

That's the whole idea :) Eire06, we'll take them by suprise!

They'll be expecting us to be all shy, reserved and quiet but I'm on a lone mission to prove them wrong!

Message to all Israeli ladies, ( well those 18~25 in my case anyway ) '' the Irish are coming! '' :D

Oh good god someone please help those people........
Bet they'll stare in amasement at the white frekley bodies blurtin something close to english in there ears....
we better send some peace keepin troups don't think the Isreali Men will be too happy

[Peadar]

That's the whole idea :) Eire06, we'll take them by suprise!

They'll be expecting us to be all shy, reserved and quiet but I'm on a lone mission to prove them wrong!


Remind me never to go on the pull with you! :p


Bet they'll stare in amasement at the white frekley bodies


You clearly haven't seen the "Hair Products" (http://foot.ie/showthread.php?t=18603) thread or the "Shaving Products" (http://foot.ie/showthread.php?t=21557) thread or the "Hasn't pat fenlon a great colour?" thread. (http://foot.ie/showthread.php?t=19061) ;)

[NOLANone]

Anyone arriving Tel Aviv at lunchtime on the Thursday before the match? :ball:

Anyone travelling with 747 Travel from Dublin Airport @ 07.00 on 24 March? :confused:

Few of us staying at Great Southern Hotel Dublin Airport the night before if anyone fancys meeting up for a few pints and the craic before the Boys in Green jet off! :)

[Green Tribe]

Peadar, i will be looking out for all the well-groomed, fit, tanned, lean bodies of foot.ie during the game!! :D :D . Like Greek gods, no doubt....or i can look at clinton morrison, hmmm... :D

[Peadar]

Peadar, i will be looking out for all the well-groomed, fit, tanned, lean bodies of foot.ie during the game!!

You can look out for whatever you like because it's going to be on your TV and therefore out of your reach.
For some of us it will be played out live in front of out very eyes... :p
Where will you be on March 26th???? :D

Brian Kerr's Green & White Army, Brian Kerr's Green & White Army, Brian Kerr's Green & White Army, Brian Kerr's Green & White Army, Brian Kerr's Green & White Army, Brian Kerr's Green & White Army...

[Stuttgart88]

I think somebody should bring a CD of Amhran na bhFiann with them...

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/538393.html

[Eldad]

A lot of information about travelling around Israel you can read in http://www.inisrael.com/

If you have a specific question, don't hasitate to ask me (send a private message or e-mail to eldad.herman@gmail.com)... I'm an Irish fan who live in Tel-Aviv!

Thank you.

[NOLANone]

[QUOTE=Peadar]For some of us it will be played out live in front of out very eyes... :p
Where will you be on March 26th???? :D

I arrive in Tel Aviv on Thurs lunch~time, so I have two totally free nights to enjoy the pre match craic and atmosphere. Hopefully I'll be half sensible boozing the day of the match so that I actually get to see the match ( and remember it ) and can then really go mad celebrating a famous Irish victory that night! 7.50 pm Israeli time is quife late for a kick~off, just means we'll have to party for longer into the wee small hours!

Swiss and France were good away trips last year but I think this Israel match will be fantastic! Great night clubs, beautiful beaches, gorgeous girls, great weather, what more could you ask for? ........

An Irish victory would be the icing on a very sweet cake!
36 days and counting until match day, anyone getting the buzz yet?

Come on you boys in green!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Green Tribe]

Peadar, i have had to settle for a cheapo flight to germany with my flatmate to visit an ex-flatmate in nuremberg, munich etc, be there for the 26th will be frequenting an irish bar that night, with all ze germans supporting ireland. glasgow-frankfurt £30, not bad...... but i know where i would rather be...hmm. i am going to cry.... :( :eek: :D

[Condex]

Got letter from the FAI saying that I'd been allocated two tickets, even though I only ordered one.

I plan to go to Israel on the Tuesday before the match and stay for 15 days, I'll in Jordan and Egypt as well..

[tall chapy]

I am travelling on my own also.
Forget scheduled flights they are over €500 up to about €2000.
Malev were the cheapest, then Alitalia...then it is a free for all.
Also the scheduled flights arrive in the middle of the night 3-5am. (Must be a security thing.) but this messes up your accomodation, do you book for that night or do you stretch it out until midday.But the same thing will apply going back, do you book for the day for when you are leaving the middle of the night.
Anyway, getting a charter flight is proving a bit difficult at the moment.The killer with travelling alone on the charter package is the single room supplement. It is pricey enough without another €70-90 !!!!! :mad:
What seems to be happening is that the flight + hotel (€760 - €1000 incl taxes) deals are not selling, so they have stopped selling seat only(€620-€670), until they sell all their rooms(Celtic Horizon, their website is saying it is sold out !). This is where I am stuck at the moment, a few people are saying to me that to leave it until the last minute as you may have a better chance of getting a seat and a better deal.
Also still awaiting confirmation on my ticket from the FAI,hopefully next week


If you hear anything let us know

[tall chapy]

Hi dubjohn/Eldad,
Just to let you know, booking a hotel with INISRAEL is a little hit and miss. The only way I could book it was using a firefox browser. Microsoft IE6.0 SP1 and netscape both failed. Eventually did it but the dates were wrong, could have been me or the website that made that mistake, my hotel booking is now sorted.

[Eldad]

Hi dubjohn/Eldad,
Just to let you know, booking a hotel with INISRAEL is a little hit and miss. The only way I could book it was using a firefox browser. Microsoft IE6.0 SP1 and netscape both failed. Eventually did it but the dates were wrong, could have been me or the website that made that mistake, my hotel booking is now sorted.

For a cheap accomodation book tru http://www.hostelisrael.com
I you need a telephone number (or e-mail/website address) of a specific name of any hotel I can help you also.

[Peadar]

Eldad, are you going to the beach party?
What should we expect?

[Ash]

sorry if this was posted earlier ...

from fai.ie

Ireland Under 21s match confirmed for Tel Aviv

The Republic of Ireland's Under 21 European Championship
Qualifier versus Israel will be held in Herzelia Stadium, Tel Aviv,
at 15.00 hrs (local time) on Friday 25th March 2005.

[Eldad]

Eldad, are you going to the beach party?
What should we expect?

I will probebly be there, but I don't have any detail about the party... Please tell me if you know something.

[IsMiseSean]

Anyone know if there are places available on the 'standup..' tour?
I've got a mate who wants to come.

[donalfitz]

I am travelling on my own also.
Forget scheduled flights they are over €500 up to about €2000.
Malev were the cheapest, then Alitalia...then it is a free for all.
Also the scheduled flights arrive in the middle of the night 3-5am. (Must be a security thing.) but this messes up your accomodation, do you book for that night or do you stretch it out until midday.But the same thing will apply going back, do you book for the day for when you are leaving the middle of the night.
Anyway, getting a charter flight is proving a bit difficult at the moment.The killer with travelling alone on the charter package is the single room supplement. It is pricey enough without another €70-90 !!!!! :mad:
What seems to be happening is that the flight + hotel (€760 - €1000 incl taxes) deals are not selling, so they have stopped selling seat only(€620-€670), until they sell all their rooms(Celtic Horizon, their website is saying it is sold out !). This is where I am stuck at the moment, a few people are saying to me that to leave it until the last minute as you may have a better chance of getting a seat and a better deal.
Also still awaiting confirmation on my ticket from the FAI,hopefully next week


If you hear anything let us know

I going on my own as well, Most of my friends though i was crazy :eek: I look at several airlines and some were upto four stop over, all trips were greater than 1000 euro until i came accross an Isrealli airline www.elal.co.il and the cost of tickets 500 euro's from heathrow to Tel Aviv & shannon to Heathrow curtous of aer Lingus . I just look at the web site the cost is rising ~750 euro's now. I'm staying in the Hostel near Dizengoff square. 5 mins from the Beach :) . I heading to Jersulem for three days to check it out. With the costs the flights & distance, might as well see sights before the game. I'll be back in Tel Aviv on friday before their Sabeth. I definately be at the beach party on the friday.

[NOLANone]

Log on to www.fai.ie for a recent news article advising Irish fans travelling to Israel what they can expect when in the country following Brian Kerr's Green and White Army. :D

[tall chapy]

Thanks anyway Eldad, for the offer, hotel is booked, match tickets should come next week if the Israeli FA have sent them.The had not arrive before today.

donalfitz
That is a great price flying from Shannon to Tel Aviv, is that return?? You must have book well in advance.
Today the prices flying El Al are over €775 and that does not include taxes and the flight to London from Dublin.
It is getting the stage where a package, even paying the ridiculous single person supplement is now cheaper than a booking your own flights

[donalfitz]

Thanks anyway Eldad, for the offer, hotel is booked, match tickets should come next week if the Israeli FA have sent them.The had not arrive before today.

donalfitz
That is a great price flying from Shannon to Tel Aviv, is that return?? You must have book well in advance.
Today the prices flying El Al are over €775 and that does not include taxes and the flight to London from Dublin.
It is getting the stage where a package, even paying the ridiculous single person supplement is now cheaper than a booking your own flights

Return flights £256 with EL AL before taxes & charges over a week ago. i booked in the nick of time. I had the same price option over several days within a week either side of the match day.
Like most other airlines the price increased to the day of departure.

[Peadar]

Eldad, my mate wants to know if he'll get into a club wearing trainers?
He's a bit of a cream cracker! :D

[ACdub]

standupfortheboys have a cancellation available E760 inc taxes - 2 places
contact alan 0852374664 or collette 4081900

[kobby]

Hey
My name is Kobby Barda and I'm the city spokesman
Plz ask me what ever you want to know
Just to let you know that we wait here for you, and a lot of good things will be ready for you Irish Fans!!
Kobby Barda
kobbybarda@gmail.com

[Cowboy]

Welcome Kobby