Sean Lennon Day 35, Tel Aviv, ISR
We were up way too early to make our way to the airport, where we bribed a baggage buy to get us carts and deal with our gear. We ordered croissants at the restaurant for breakfast, and the delicacy was delivered to us in a gas station style snack bag, placed in a basket for good looks. Lesson #1 about Russia: Don't order croissants.
The flight went pretty smoothly; we saw some really crazy terrain and mountains flying through the middle east. The only thing that was brutal was the service. It seemed we were a nuisance to the flight attendants, especially when one of them spilled water on me. She threw a rag in my lap and walked away. Fantastic.
So we got to Tel Aviv, get through customs, on our way to baggage claim and I get pulled out of line and told to surrender my passport. Apparently my completely exhausted, sleepless and burnt out body trembled slightly under the weight of a couple bags I already had, and they thought I was getting nervous because I was going to detonate a bomb, suicide style. Things are somewhat different over here. Thankfully the situation was defused (no pun intended) and I was allowed to go on my way. I woke up pretty fast after that...
Once at the hotel, we had a quick bite to eat with the promoters, and then we had a couple hours to ourselves to try and understand the unbelievable weather we're experiencing on the shore of the Mediterranean. It's like July in LA.
We then had a planned dinner at a Mediterranean restaurant, which wasn't too fancy, but it gave us one of the top 3 meals of the tour. Everything we tried was amazing. We were there for 3 hours stuffing ourselves and it was great. Of course, by the time we were done, we were all tired, so, now back at the hotel (on the shore of the Mediterranean by the way, in case I didn't mention that) we actually have a chance to sleep. Except we have to go to work at 9:30am in the morning... What can you do...
The flight went pretty smoothly; we saw some really crazy terrain and mountains flying through the middle east. The only thing that was brutal was the service. It seemed we were a nuisance to the flight attendants, especially when one of them spilled water on me. She threw a rag in my lap and walked away. Fantastic.
So we got to Tel Aviv, get through customs, on our way to baggage claim and I get pulled out of line and told to surrender my passport. Apparently my completely exhausted, sleepless and burnt out body trembled slightly under the weight of a couple bags I already had, and they thought I was getting nervous because I was going to detonate a bomb, suicide style. Things are somewhat different over here. Thankfully the situation was defused (no pun intended) and I was allowed to go on my way. I woke up pretty fast after that...
Once at the hotel, we had a quick bite to eat with the promoters, and then we had a couple hours to ourselves to try and understand the unbelievable weather we're experiencing on the shore of the Mediterranean. It's like July in LA.
We then had a planned dinner at a Mediterranean restaurant, which wasn't too fancy, but it gave us one of the top 3 meals of the tour. Everything we tried was amazing. We were there for 3 hours stuffing ourselves and it was great. Of course, by the time we were done, we were all tired, so, now back at the hotel (on the shore of the Mediterranean by the way, in case I didn't mention that) we actually have a chance to sleep. Except we have to go to work at 9:30am in the morning... What can you do...
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