New York! New York! 2007, #1

I took about 232 pictures this summer, during my two and a half week visit to New York. They all fit on my 2 megabyte memory chip in my Cannon 620, 7.1 mega pixel camera. Even more impressive, I never had to change or recharge the four rechargeable AA batteries. And the batteries are so, bli eyin haraa, strong that they're still lighting up the camera, even after copying to the computer and deleting the pictures from the camera. Yes, I do recommend the camera, and I bought it in Jerusalem just before last year's trip. That means that Israelis should buy it locally, better service for sure, and the price was almost the same as in New York.

There were good and bad things about the trip in to New York.

I went El Al on a 4pm flight. It landed late the same day in New York. A cousin picked me up and took me to my parents. After unpacking a bit, I went to sleep and slept all night, sort of. I didn't wake to wake up until a perfectly decent hour. But that's getting ahead of the game.

The Ben Gurion Airport is enormous. Unless someone has medical problems which forbid walking, you should take advantage and walk around a lot before boarding the plane.



They have a cute section for kids to play in.



Yes, it's very, very big!


While waiting to board, which we did almost an hour late, lots of people dovened mincha, prayed the afternoon prayer.



In the air, what a sight! Though it didn't make up for the very crowded seats. There was hardly room to get up or sit down, and all of my pouches strapped to my waist, made me as big as a pregnant woman carrying twins, full-term! At least the food and service were fine.



The sun set. With such gorgeous views, it was worth getting up and peeking through the back windows. You know, it's very healthy to walk around in the plane. Don't sit too long.



I wish it was that easy to find my suitcase.



And I hope to get a full night's sleep tonight!