I made it! After about 34 hours of travel, I have finally arrived in Israel to the welcoming tune of Heivenu Shalom Aleichem, a tune that played on arrival on the plane as it sat on the tarmac at Ben Gurion Airport welcoming everyone to Eretz Israel, the land of Israel!
The flights that I took were actually pretty decent, however I might have preferred less stops along the way (stopping at Santa Ana Orange County, Chicago Midway, New York--landing LaGuardia, departing JFK), London Heathrow, and finally Tel Aviv!). I did get the chance to stay the night in New York City with my friend Kristin at her East Harlem New York apartment. We got to go out for a bit in NYC while I was there, and it looks like she's doing well with her new job with Teach for America. While in New York, I walked around a bit in Central Park and "mastered" the subway system just getting from her place to JFK.
After landing in Israel, I made it to Jerusalem, and am staying with Lauren until I get my place together in Beer Sheva. It looks possible that I could room with a fellow Israeli that I know from Greene Family Camp...which would be awesome. I leave tomorrow for Be'er Sheva via a bus line to check out places with him, and to get everything set up for the big move down to Be'er Sheva!
More pictures and updates to come at this point on where I will be living, but keep checking back. I will also have my Israeli mobile phone set up in about a few hours! All the best, and "shalom" from Israel!
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