Sunday, October 19, 2014

Starting our Vacation to Israel

Sunday 19 October  -  Our flights weren’t scheduled until later in the day so we could have slept in, but both of us were anxious to get going.  We’d been spending the last four days planning and packing and that was 3 ½ days longer than we should have spent.  It’s one of those tasks where the amount of time it takes to do it expands with the amount of time available (we’re retired…..).  It’s also one of those tasks that doesn’t necessarily get better with more time.

Ellen is always nervous about getting to the airport on time so we left home at 10:15AM for a 1:15 departure that was only a little over an hour away.  We breezed through getting the car parked, baggage checked and through security and got to sit in the waiting area for over an hour and a half.  Our flight to Chicago took only a half hour but we ended up sitting in the plane on the ground because there was no gate available to park.  Turns out it wasn’t a problem because our flight to Frankfort Germany was delayed by 45 minutes.  Had over a two hour wait anyway. 


We’ll try to get some sleep on the way over.  When we land in Germany it will be about 8AM but will feel like mid-night.

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