Shabbat is over, it's time to see what is going on with the neighbors.
http://m.motherjones.com/mojo/2011/01/whats-happening-egypt-explained
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Delay continues
Called my trip insurance and confirmed that because delay is more that 6 hours, my travel insurance kicks in so I can buy some fresh clothes. Hopefully the shops open soon.
Picture is from inside continental presidents lounge. It stopped snowing and now the airport is surrounded by a ten inch sea of white.
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Things you can do when stuck at an airport
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Newark airport shut down
I am at Newark airport which is completely shut down until 5AM tomorrow morning.
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011
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Looks like Weather we could fly in tonight
TripIt is telling me that so far everything looks great for this evenings flight.
Let's check out the weather on the Weather site.
It seems like we can expect precipitation, but hopefully the temperature will keep things from freezing today so that we will be able to take off on time.
Some people seem to think it's just balmy out (from weather.com website)
Back to Israel
On January 12th, 2011 I led a Taglit (Birthright) trip to Israel for Routes / Amazing Israel. The departure was a bit hectic. I took the last bus into NYC on the Jitney line. I learned that they don't go into the city when it snows because of an incident in which a bus caught on fire and burned to the ground, or so I was told.
Arrived, and headed to family friends where I was spending the night.
It was a roller coaster night during which I received numerous phone calls all telling me different things - that the trip was on, canceled, on, canceled. In the end, we were switched to a later flight and our Zurich layover was lengthened. We arrived one day late and without my original co staff for the trip.
I landed back in the states on the 23rd of January after nine days in Israel.
Now it is Wednesday, January 26th, and I am preparing for my flight this evening back to Israel (direct this time). I am hoping the impending snow that starts this afternoon does not cause continental to get cold feet and delay or cancel our flight.
I haven't set my plans for after exactly. I was intending to travel with my cousin, but he has become unavailable. With no one to show around, the sites are not as interesting having been to them before. Petra, Pyramids, and Sphynx are all on the short list for after the program ending. I haven't set the return date yet for my ticket since I am still unclear what I am going to do while in Israel.
I have decided to wait on Syria and Lebanon since I didn't prepare my visa stuff yet. I may also watch egypt closely given the current political situation - I don't want to be in the country if another Tunisia occurs.
I spent the morning working on a facebook for myself, in the literal sense, of the participants. I have such a terrible time with names, I am hoping a reference to either study or use during the trip will make things a bit less embarrassing than in the past when I have completely blanked on names.
Arrived, and headed to family friends where I was spending the night.
It was a roller coaster night during which I received numerous phone calls all telling me different things - that the trip was on, canceled, on, canceled. In the end, we were switched to a later flight and our Zurich layover was lengthened. We arrived one day late and without my original co staff for the trip.
I landed back in the states on the 23rd of January after nine days in Israel.
Now it is Wednesday, January 26th, and I am preparing for my flight this evening back to Israel (direct this time). I am hoping the impending snow that starts this afternoon does not cause continental to get cold feet and delay or cancel our flight.
I haven't set my plans for after exactly. I was intending to travel with my cousin, but he has become unavailable. With no one to show around, the sites are not as interesting having been to them before. Petra, Pyramids, and Sphynx are all on the short list for after the program ending. I haven't set the return date yet for my ticket since I am still unclear what I am going to do while in Israel.
I have decided to wait on Syria and Lebanon since I didn't prepare my visa stuff yet. I may also watch egypt closely given the current political situation - I don't want to be in the country if another Tunisia occurs.
I spent the morning working on a facebook for myself, in the literal sense, of the participants. I have such a terrible time with names, I am hoping a reference to either study or use during the trip will make things a bit less embarrassing than in the past when I have completely blanked on names.
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