Welcome to
my April A-Z blog posts. I’ll be sharing about my recent trip to Israel.
A is for Airplanes and Tel Aviv
and Avocados!
A is for Airplanes
Our flights were crazy. We flew from
Birmingham to Houston to Newark to Tel Aviv.
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| In the Bham airport with travelling companions |
We spent a lot of time in airports
and on airplanes! Our return trip was
Tel Aviv to Chicago (with a SIX HOUR layover). There was a huge snow storm
arriving in Chicago later that night and I was so glad we were able to fly on
home. I wish that we could have spent a little time in Tel Aviv but that was
not to be.
The flight from Newark to Tel Aviv takes
about 10 ½ hours and the flight from Tel Aviv to Newark takes about 12 hours.
When I went to Israel in 2014, that was the first time I had ever flown
continuously for such a long period of time. The airplane is large with many
seats and you actually receive a couple of meals while in flight.
The flight to and from Tel Aviv is usually
full and it is always interesting to find out new things about your seat mates.
I sat with a young man who has a start up company (Israel is the largest place
for start ups!). I asked him what he thought the differences were in the US and
in Israel because he told me that he had lived in the US for six years. His
response was quite interesting – he said that our thoughts, as Americans, about freedoms –
especially personal freedom – is a totally different thought process than an Israeli citizen might have.
On the flight home, I sat with an older lady
and her husband and I had the window seat so I had to climb over them several
times. She was quite vocal about her political views.
Tel Aviv
The airport in Tel Aviv is the Ben Guiron
airport and it is a large airport and actually quite pretty in spots. There are
quite a few security checkpoints you have to go through before you can board
your plane.
I hit up the duty free shops on the way
home looking for specialty bourbons for Mark
Avocados
Now why in the world do I have avocados? Did
you know that Israel grows about 100,000 tons of avocados? About 70% of those
are exported. (these are figures from 2016 so I imagine the number is even
larger now.) They served avocados at breakfast and they were indeed some of the
best avocados I have ever eaten. They were so yummy with scrambled eggs!!
Have you ever been to Tel Aviv? What is the
longest flight you have ever travelled? Do you like avocados?
