So today was a travel day, plain and simple. Caroline picked me up at my apartment and we drove to the Charlotte airport and after a few weather delays, we departed for Philadelphia. Then, once we got to the airport, we had food (I had pizza) and found our gate for the long flight.
It's really interesting, Israel has a gate for itself and you have to go through security again to enter their gate. It wasn't too bad though, and we didn't have any hiccups along the way. Then, we boarded our 11 hour flight to Tel Aviv which was the longest flight I've ever been on in my entire life. I almost thought that it would never end.
They had free movies on the plane so I watched Frozen (absolutely amazing), and then it was about midnight on regular time and I went to sleep for about 5 hours (which is actually pretty good). Then I woke up at 5:00 am and watched Ender's Game, which is also pretty good. We got in at about 3:00 pm Israel time.
It was so strange to ride the bus into Jerusalem, and look at the scenery outside. I'll post a few pictures tomorrow. It's just so surreal that I am so far away from home, and that I'm in Jerusalem to boot. It doesn't seem like I'm living reality.
Tomorrow we are starting at 8:00, but we'll be walking to the dig through the Old City at 7:15. And this is a late day! We will regularly be starting to dig at 5:45 in the morning, so I'll relish the opportunity to sleep in and eat a real breakfast! I can't wait to begin!
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