Yes! We finally arrived. The flight was delayed 3 hours due to the snow storm, and an illness on the plane. We also had an interesting experience at the airport. Having been tagged as "suspicious" (you should see josh's passport photo) we were personally escorted to the gate, where the El Al security guard sat with us until boarding. We were then the first to board the plane (she escorted us there too). Josh, joking with the security guard asked if we could get first class seats. She said she didn't think she could swing it for us. Then Josh replied "well, atleast I feel like we are getting first class service" to which she replied "yes, but by security - that's different"
But enough about the airport. We arrived in Tel Aviv /Old Jaffa about 1:00 in the morning and set out to get some food. A fantastic sandwich and some sweets. We then walked around Old Jaffa until about 3:00 - we refused to let our first night in Israel pass without some sightseeing!
And this morning we headed out to Jerusalem. The city is a windy old city with shops, vendors, and all sorts of interesting nooks in crannies. We pretty much gave up on navigating by map, but we did manage to find the Wailing Wall and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. The internet cafe we are sitting in right now is located on the Via Dolorosa.
Ok. photos to follow.
