By Chelsea Pierce & Marissa Wertheimer
As we waited anxiously in the airport lobby for the other students to arrive, we wondered what everyone would be like. Would they be enthusiastic and psyched to go, or would they dread the long flight and be a quiet and shy group? One thing we knew we would all have in common was that wed all gone through a lot (flight cancelations & delays) to finally get to the airport.
After meeting up with the group, we were interrogated by the El-Al security, an experience that a lot of us were not expecting. However, it wasnt too intimidating. Once it was over, we realized how reassuring it was that security was so inquisitive and that our safety was their #1 priority. There was an overflow of emotions that came to us once we met the other students and were sitting in the terminal, waiting for our El-Al flight. We were energetic (although most of us were running on about 3 hours of sleep), excited, nervous and ready to go! Once we got on the plane, we made our way to our seats, introduced ourselves to each other (for what seemed like the hundredth time) and started thinking about what the trip would be like.
Weve now been on the plane for about three hours and were still wondering what our experience will be like. To us, this journey to Israel is still so surreal. A couple of things we cant wait to do are: SHOPPING, camel riding, visiting the Western Wall and meeting other students visiting Israel FOR THE FIRST TIME!!!
To keep ourselves occupied during this ten-hour plane ride, we attempted to sleep, listened to music, read a magazine and gossiped about celebrities, attempted to sleep again, walked around the plane and giggled about the people sleeping around us. In addition, we realized (an hour into the flight,) that we have small TVs attached to our chairs with simple-looking remote controls. Even now, a few hours into the plane ride, were still trying to figure out how to turn the TV on! On the monitor in front of us, it updates our flight altitude, speed, time of arrival, temperature and the local time. In Israel, the time is now 11:48 P.M. So, Leila Tov!
Make sure to keep up with us through the blog entries!
As we waited anxiously in the airport lobby for the other students to arrive, we wondered what everyone would be like. Would they be enthusiastic and psyched to go, or would they dread the long flight and be a quiet and shy group? One thing we knew we would all have in common was that wed all gone through a lot (flight cancelations & delays) to finally get to the airport.
After meeting up with the group, we were interrogated by the El-Al security, an experience that a lot of us were not expecting. However, it wasnt too intimidating. Once it was over, we realized how reassuring it was that security was so inquisitive and that our safety was their #1 priority. There was an overflow of emotions that came to us once we met the other students and were sitting in the terminal, waiting for our El-Al flight. We were energetic (although most of us were running on about 3 hours of sleep), excited, nervous and ready to go! Once we got on the plane, we made our way to our seats, introduced ourselves to each other (for what seemed like the hundredth time) and started thinking about what the trip would be like.
Weve now been on the plane for about three hours and were still wondering what our experience will be like. To us, this journey to Israel is still so surreal. A couple of things we cant wait to do are: SHOPPING, camel riding, visiting the Western Wall and meeting other students visiting Israel FOR THE FIRST TIME!!!
To keep ourselves occupied during this ten-hour plane ride, we attempted to sleep, listened to music, read a magazine and gossiped about celebrities, attempted to sleep again, walked around the plane and giggled about the people sleeping around us. In addition, we realized (an hour into the flight,) that we have small TVs attached to our chairs with simple-looking remote controls. Even now, a few hours into the plane ride, were still trying to figure out how to turn the TV on! On the monitor in front of us, it updates our flight altitude, speed, time of arrival, temperature and the local time. In Israel, the time is now 11:48 P.M. So, Leila Tov!
Make sure to keep up with us through the blog entries!