Six days until I leave

I'm headed to a wedding in Israel in less than one week! I leave Friday at 5:15 pm. School gets out at 2:20, so we'll run home, change clothes, throw my bag in the car and head to Tampa. After kissing hubby and kids goodbye, I'll be off on a great adventure.

I go through Memphis then KLM to Amsterdam, arriving the next morning at 11:15 am. It's a 9 hour flight, so I plan to sleep. I hope to have a nice layover in Amsterdam, catching up with a dear Dutch friend from IHLS and seeing Corrie ten Boom's house, Anne Frank's house, and an art museum with Van Goghs and Rembrandts.

At 9:00 pm, I'll board my flight to Tel Aviv and arrive at 2:20 am (ugh!). I've got a full week planned already.

More next post.

A blog for my trip to Israel

Well, I'm trying something new here. I've never had a blog before, but I think this might be a convenient way to communicate with friends and family while I'm off to Israel next week to attend the wedding of the youngest sibling in my high school exchange family, the Elyashars. Amir, 30, techno expert, is marrying Liat. clinical psychologist. Ima was p.g. with him when I lived there almost 31 years ago. Ray and I decided this was a great opportunity, so I'm taking it, even though the finances aren't there for us to go together this time. (Don't feel sorry for him. He spent 3 weeks in Israel 14 years ago without me, when we were considering a move there.)

I'm really looking forward to the trip. I will esp. enjoy catching up with these dear friends. But I will also appreciate seeing the changes in Israel over the years. I was first there when Israel was just 28 years old. Now she's almost 60. I hear she's quite sophisticated now.