After a very draining day at Bush airport, I was not able to depart because the Chicago connection was snowed out. I overnighted in Houston once more, and am currently in Newark awaiting my nonstop flight to Tel Aviv. At least this way I’ll be arriving at the more reasonable 9:30 AM in Israel, rather than the planned 3:30!

The one redeeming point of my travels so far was getting bumped up to first class on the way to Newark. Hopefully, my checked bag will also make it to Israel (they refused to pull it from the original Chicago plane after it was loaded) .

And special thanks to my wonderful RA Henny for giving me a place to stay/ride to the airport for my red-eye departure!

After a hectic day of packing, I am officially ready to depart for Israel! I managed to squeeze in one last visit with my Turkish friend/Arabic speaking partner today — we had a delicious dessert at a Turkish restaurant in Houston (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanafeh).

The first major event will be my 13 hour layover in Warsaw and my trek to the downtown (to kill some time). Stay tuned for pictures!