In Tel Aviv

Our flight to Frankfurt was uneventful.  Ben passed out.  Sarah complained about the sleeping accommodations. I didn't sleep at all - but truthfully it was only 11:30pm Chicago time when we arrived.  I did, however, pass out in the airport.  The frankfurt airport, as evidenced by my ability to sleep, was uneventful.  In fact, I was quite surprised by the lack of "Israeli" type security given by Luftansa.  That said, it turned out we were a bit early for the excitement.  Apparently, there was a "Come Visit Palestine" day scheduled for today (Friday) and the goal was to overwhelm the airport.  On the flight after us out of Frankfurt, something like 20 people were arrested and not allowed on the flight.  We miss all the excitement.

We did have a bit of fun in the Frankfurt security line (not the Tel Aviv line).  I had brought metal water bottles for the kids and used them on the flight.  We set off security and they made us finish (drink) two full water bottles.  Sarah and I were giggling so much we couldn't do it.  Ben - in practice for his later days as anchor man - polished off both water bottles.  He was quite proud of himself.  We also set off the detector because I didn't take the kindle out of my backpack and because I didn't separate the DVD player (which performed pathetically on the flight!!) from the wires.  The Germans were not impressed with us.

The flight to Tel Aviv, arrival, car retrieval . . all uninteresting.

Today we went to the beach - but Ben tells the story better.

Off to bed. . . finally . . .