Thursday, July 2, 2009

Back home

We are both back home after a very long day (+/-) of traveling. Had to get to the airport 3 hours ahead...just enough time to clear the endless security and share some riotous laughter with our new friends Vince, Karen and Vinnie from iicme (the conference organizers who did a great job) outside McDonald's (really). Catch this...on the menu was a "McKabab"!! Really!! Terry took a pix of the menu....of course. The flight from Tel Aviv to Atlanta was 13 hours. Then 5 more to SD...but we were back in our own homes by noon. Eeegadds..it is as hot here as it was in Jerusalem! We are each unpacking...and catching up with family/friends...and on sleep....and many other things, probably for the next few days. Will send details and followup pix soon....just navigating security at the Tel Aviv airport is a story in itself.
A special thanks, again, to Mike and Rachel for including us in this amazing adventure by making this trip possible. And also a special thank you to our Israeli colleagues for their warmth, generousity of spirit and commitment to their work. I don't think either of us had any idea of how special this trip would be.
Finally thank you ALL for your support and positive feedback/comments about the blog. It was really fun doing it. So many of you told us you felt you were there with us. You were...we took a little piece of each of you with us in our hearts.