January 6 the journey home

We got up at about 4 am and got a cab at about 515 am. There was little traffic and we got to Ben Gurion airport quickly. However, there was quite a holdup at the international security station.

The flight to Paris was packed. The flight from there to Dulles was also packed.

The worst experience was waiting in the post interview customs line (the pre interview line was also long). It looked like the image and moved glacially slow. The second worst experience was the 90 second (or so) walk from the airport shuttle lounge to where the shuttle was parked. The temperature was about 15F or so and there was a wind.

When we got to the super shuttle station, it was about 2 hours after we had De-planed. However the ride home was quick and we were the first let off. We got home about 8pm local time. With the 7 hour time change that made it about a 22 hour experience (from beginning the cab ride in Israel to the end of the shuttle in the USA). 

The next morning, we slept in, happily so, as the outside temperature got down to -2F or so at our house.