Happy Birthday Dad!! It was fun spending the first few hours of your birthday with you!!
We had a short night; the alarm for the day went off at 11:30pm! They wanted us at the airport 3 hours early, which I thought was ridiculous. 2 hours is usually more than enough time. Well, not in this case. We went through so many security checks that I lost count. Then we were waiting for Joanna and Jennifer to get their bags searched by the security workers were dealing with some unknown crisis, so they just ignored us for nearly an hour. All that to say, it took 2 ½ hours to get through, so it was a good thing we were there as early as we were!
Istanbul had a similar security system that we had to go through. We counted 6 stops where we were asked questions about our luggage, searched, or scanned. When we entered Chicago we had another 3 security checks. We were checked out by the end of the day!
Our 11 hour flight from Istanbul to Chicago was actually the best flight because Jennifer, Joanna, and I had 4 seats to share, and we each had a TV screen with lots of movie options. We watched Chronicles of Narnia the Dawn Treader, A Cinderella Story, and Yogi Bear which was surprisingly hilarious!
Really, the day went smoothly with on time flights and all luggage arriving! After counting up our hours of travel we discovered that we had crammed 34 hours into a single day. Since we got up in Israel at 12:00am on the 20th and landed in Boise at 11:45pm on the 20th, I can say that this was a very busy and productive day!!
A few more days and I’m off to Nicaragua and Peru!!
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