Just so you will know, Irith and I made it to our respective destinations without mishap. Irith to Israel via Istanbul and me to DC via Rome and Philadelphia. From the departure time of the first flight for me to DC was a total elapsed time of 31 hours. The flight to Rome was 11 hours and to Philadelphia was 9. Tip: If you are going to take a trip around the world, go Eastward to take advantage of tail winds. It’s a lot longer when travelling to the West (as we did).
The Metro was not serving above-ground stations, like the airport, so I took a cab home. It was slow going as the District has not done a very good job of clearing the roads. When I finally made it to the house, I had to scramble over a huge hump of snow plowed up in front of my driveway (about waist high), dragging suitcases. At the high part my foot sunk in to about the level of my groin. Oy. But I managed to drag the bags up the driveway and to the house. I started shoveling this morning, but it was a huge job. When someone came by and offered to do it (albeit for a substantial remuneration), I gratefully accepted. Now it is snowing again and we expect another 10-20 inches. Tomorrow, I’ll do the reshoveling.
The trip is not over yet for Irith. After six weeks in Israel, I rejoin her there and then we fly to Amsterdam for a few days before coming home finally. We’ll continue the blog from Amsterdam at the end of March. Thanks for taking part vicariously in our adventure.
Roger
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I am glad you (Roger) made it home safely. I already knew Irith had arrived in Israel, thanks to her facebook post. It was a pleasure traveling around the world with both of you, and I didn’t have to spend a shekel of my own money.