Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Pre-flight ruminations

Okay so it goes without saying how excited I am to know that in just
11 hours I'll be on Israeli soil, but in my 8 trips to Israel I have
never flown on another nation's airline. It's weird and I must say
that being grilled in hebrew about the last holiday you celebrated and
why your passport has so many stamps from Ben Gurion is rather
comforting. This time I don't have that familiar tongue to greet me.
And before boarding the plane proved to be a big balagan which was
surprising. All I have is the comfort of my tehillim and a few sparse
chasidim on the plane. There isn't even my own personal TV playing
"latoose elal." I'll get over it with a little help from my ipod and
the butterflies in my heart. See you in TA! xx

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