In Flight

It was nice spending time with the cousins in Kew Gardens. I got to meet a few dozen of Chani’s relatives at a “Pre-Hanukkah” party on Christmas Eve.

The flight to Israel went by very quickly. Traveling 23 hours to India (with several hours lay-over at the International Airport in Seoul, South Korea) was the longest journey I’ve ever taken. So this 10 hour trip across the Atlantic only felt like a short flight in America across the Mississippi River.

Unfortunately, I caught a cold as we flew over Newfoundland, and my El Al in flight meals were replaced with cups of hot tea. Though my throat felt like a dried up baguette as we had breakfast flying over France, my head stopped spinning as we raced past Rome and the Tyrrhenian Sea.

On the bright side, I seem to always get sick when traveling to Israel, and hopefully I’ve gotten the worst out of the way, as we get ready to begin our Business and Technology program sponsored by Hillel. First stop: Kibbutz Shefaim Hotel to light the 3rd night of Hanukkah candles.