OUR JOURNEY TO ISRAEL

OUR  JOURNEY TO ISRAEL

DAY ONE

We were so excited! Awake at six am. Our plane from Reno Nevada to Phoenix  Arizona was scheduled to leave at 9:30.

Got our bags into the car drove excitedly to the airport. Our son in law dropped us at the curb. One last check, did we have everything? Andy where is your passport? Left it on the dresser. Our son in law hurries home to get the forgotten pass port.

We are finally in line to check our baggage. Whew, what a relief.

Finally at the security check in got through with our carry-on luggage. Wait where is Andy? Oh no he’s having trouble getting through security. His badge set off the alarms. When he got through they were checking to see what he had up his shirt sleeve. Ok guys it is his muscles. Ha, ha. what a surprise they got.

We all had a great laugh about that. We were so excited to be on our way to Israel at last. When we boarded the plane I thought this is really happening.

We landed in Phoenix two hours later and caught our next plane to Philadelphia. Another five hours in flight to get to Philadelphia where we will catch our connection to Israel.  When we landed I thought so far we have logged in seven hours flying.

We had spent eleven hours in flight on this plane. By the time we touched down in Israel I was very ready to touch planet earth again. It had been more than 24 hours since we left home.

Looking out of the windows of the plane I could see that Tel Aviv was beautiful. I  could see the Mediterranean Sea. It was breath taking. I could see green farms, producing food for Israel. I could see tall buildings, a bustling city. My heart beat faster seeing how beautiful it all was.

Our guide company had someone meet us at the air port and take us to the hotel where we would be staying overnight . It was called the Cinema Hotel. It was made from an old movie house and was redone beautifully. They preserved some of the old movie equipment and put it on display.

We had time for a quick shower and a short nap before dinner. Meals were provided by the tour company.

It was amazing, the food I mean. Lots of vegetables meats and bread.  The food was good. What I like to call wholesome.

We met our tour guide and the other people that would be on the tour with us. Our guides name was Ophir, not only was he handsome, he was friendly and informative. 

He had a great wealth of knowledge about his country to impart to us on our Israel adventure. He gave us all the information we would need for our first day on tour.   

Our tour group consisted of 14 people. They all seemed very nice. I could tell I was going to like this group of people.