Traveling as a Director

I had always picture and experience to Israel as a pleasure, always came just incharge of myself or a friend... never of 46 teenagers!!! yes you are reading right... 46!!And so we left Miami on Wednesday June 13. It took us 2 hrs to do check-in, why??? because it is a slow process, although 3 people were helping us, more than half of the group had overweight, and well... they are kids.By the time we all were about to do through security one of the kids was left at check in counter with a madrich because a new manager came and said that none of the kids can leave the country without a written authorization of their parents... did we have them?? of course not... some fighting done by our travel agent lady and we were good to go.

The flight to NY was short but hectic... the kids were singing, talking, playing with each other... imagine the excitement they had. the flight attendance hated us, they had no patience for the kids.

Once in NY we had to change terminal and do checkin with ELAL... not an easy kjob and even a harder one when you have venezuelans. It tooks us 2.5 hrs. longs and slow, we did security ate some food, and as we are about to get on the plane a group of religiuos men about to pray decided it was a good idea to open the emergency door. so happy it was not our kids!!! :)

All splitted around the plane, with a middle seat (how much I hate them) the plane took off to the amazing land!!! of course i slept the whole plane!!! no doubts... not like a baby but pretty comfortable.

We got to Israel tire but excited!!! Happy to be in this amazing place. We went straight to ירושלים!!!!!

We did an amazing activity were we blindfold the kids and make them walk and listen to three stories of people who have never been in Israel. The stories are short but moving. After the stories we ask the kids to turn around and take the blindfolds and they are facing the kotel. It was amazing!!!!!!!

We got to the hotel by 1am. Exhausteddd. Im happy that I made the room divisions and they are all happy about it. :) I'm happy I how I know my chanichim.