It's just not natural to wake up at 3am. We quickly packed and ate breakfast, which was juice and a roll. Let's face it we both felt nauseous and forced it down. Honestly I don't remember much of the bus ride except I was freezing from Eddie the bus driver who had the air going like crazy. However, we love Eddie too much to complain. We arrived at the airport in record time with Eddie driving. As usual a guard came on the bus with his enormous gun slung over his back. It still freaks us out just because they are so casual with it. Monica and I just hoped that they didn't accidentally shoot our foots off.
We went through security checks and fortunately I didn't have my luggage checked. Monica wasn't as fortunate. We quickly went through the other fifty checks...well it felt like it. Then we headed for one place we thought we'd never crave...McDonalds. I had to be a little dramatic to get some breakfast at 6:30am since the menu was nothing but hamburgers! We ate a disgusting egg bagel and went to our gate. We flew from Tel Aviv to Paris and the flight wasn't too bad from what I remember.
We had a four hour layover in Paris so Monica and I spent our time walking to get some exercise. We found these awesome recliners to sleep in at the end of the terminal. So we stretched out and talked, ate some nasty, expensive food and finally returned to the group. This flight seemed neverending. Monica and I were on aisles next to each other so I didn't feel comfortable sleeping without her by my side...if you knew our tour group you'd feel the same. So I was tortured by being exhausted but forced myself to stay awake. I killed time by playing Who Wants to be a Millionaire, which is addicting by the way. Monica preferred Solitaire. Finally we arrived in New York and prepared for our last flight. We quickly said goodbyes to our group, which wasn't hard since we only had a few friends.
By the time we took our last flight we were so out of it. We had been up since 3am and with the time changes were going back in time. It was a weird experience. Our flight was late taking off and with Monica by my side I fell asleep before takeoff. This was the most brutal of all the flights since we had been up for like thirty hours or something ridiculous. We pretty much slept during this flight, but were able to look out and see the beautiful stars in the sky before we approached LAX. A big shout out to Mikey and Amber for picking us up at midnight! We are home and safe. We loved every experience during the trip especially that it brought us closer to the Savior!
We had a four hour layover in Paris so Monica and I spent our time walking to get some exercise. We found these awesome recliners to sleep in at the end of the terminal. So we stretched out and talked, ate some nasty, expensive food and finally returned to the group. This flight seemed neverending. Monica and I were on aisles next to each other so I didn't feel comfortable sleeping without her by my side...if you knew our tour group you'd feel the same. So I was tortured by being exhausted but forced myself to stay awake. I killed time by playing Who Wants to be a Millionaire, which is addicting by the way. Monica preferred Solitaire. Finally we arrived in New York and prepared for our last flight. We quickly said goodbyes to our group, which wasn't hard since we only had a few friends.
By the time we took our last flight we were so out of it. We had been up since 3am and with the time changes were going back in time. It was a weird experience. Our flight was late taking off and with Monica by my side I fell asleep before takeoff. This was the most brutal of all the flights since we had been up for like thirty hours or something ridiculous. We pretty much slept during this flight, but were able to look out and see the beautiful stars in the sky before we approached LAX. A big shout out to Mikey and Amber for picking us up at midnight! We are home and safe. We loved every experience during the trip especially that it brought us closer to the Savior!
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