The difficulty lay with the mind accommodating itself to the notion of the plane, with all its weight,
defying gravity, staying aloft. She understood the aerodynamics of flight, could comprehend the laws
of physics that made flight possible, but her heart, at the moment, would have none of it.
Her heart knew the plane would fall out of the sky. Anita Shreve, The Pilot's Wife
defying gravity, staying aloft. She understood the aerodynamics of flight, could comprehend the laws
of physics that made flight possible, but her heart, at the moment, would have none of it.
Her heart knew the plane would fall out of the sky. Anita Shreve, The Pilot's Wife
1976: New York to London
Air India before departing from New York's JFK Airport.
This is the plane that lost one of its engines on the way to London Heathrow in 1976.
This is the plane that lost one of its engines on the way to London Heathrow in 1976.
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We made ourselves comfortable for the evening in the TWA Terminal,
catching a flight to London the next morning.
catching a flight to London the next morning.
1993: JFK to Ben Gurion Airport, Tel Aviv
My first flight to Israel on El Al in 1993: the essential pre-trip ritual photo
Orthodox Jewish men donning their tefillin and tallit and facing east to pray on the flight.
2010-11: JFK to Casablanca
The snowstorm of December 2010 delayed tour of Morocco with
Friendly Planet with my daughter, Rachel. This is in front of her Brooklyn home.
Friendly Planet with my daughter, Rachel. This is in front of her Brooklyn home.
Rachel and me at the New Year's Eve Party in Casablanca welcoming 2011
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Alitalia lost all of our luggage, but most of us got our bags back before we went home.
The photo below is a bit fuzzy, but this was no "perfect delivery"!
This was how Rachel's brand new suitcase arrived back home after being lost for 3 months.
1997: Dulles to Ben Gurion Airport, Tel Aviv
My luggage fell under a conveyor belt at Dulles Airport on my 1997 trip to Israel.
This meant a shopping spree and some Israeli clothing for me at the Shuk Ha'Carmel
This meant a shopping spree and some Israeli clothing for me at the Shuk Ha'Carmel
My entire outfit here, at the border between Israel and Lebanon, was purchased in Israel.
I appreciate Osher, one of my former camp staff, allowing me to use his washing machine!
2008: Dulles to Glasgow, Scotland
Delayed luggage in Glasgow led to a shopping spree at TKMaxx.
My luggage was delivered to the hotel by the end of breakfast the next morning.
2019: RDU to JFK to FCO to Sicily and Back!
I don't have photos of the skanky underwear, but the photo of me in the newly opened
TWA Hotel should look very familiar!
TWA Hotel should look very familiar!
