Another funny Sunday at Newark Airport.We saw Sarah off at around 1:15pm EDT (GMT-5), aka 5:15pm UTC (GMT/Zulu) five zones to the east adjusted for DST, aka 8:15pm IDT (GMT+2, Israeli Daylight Time) seven zones to the east. Seven hours. We will be living with the time difference for months to come.
The sendoff party included Fern, Josh and the oth
er usual suspect (who clicked a few shots on his blackberry). Terminal B was sleepy except for its El Al section, hundreds of people and families making an exodus from Medinat HaGan (the Garden State) and heading east towards Eretz Yisrael. It is funny how the two are almost mirror images of each other. One has a beach, the other has THE SHORE. One has ridiculous traffic, the other has camels. One has a sunrise in the ocean, the other has a sunset. Is that where those lyrics in Fiddler come from?
er usual suspect (who clicked a few shots on his blackberry). Terminal B was sleepy except for its El Al section, hundreds of people and families making an exodus from Medinat HaGan (the Garden State) and heading east towards Eretz Yisrael. It is funny how the two are almost mirror images of each other. One has a beach, the other has THE SHORE. One has ridiculous traffic, the other has camels. One has a sunrise in the ocean, the other has a sunset. Is that where those lyrics in Fiddler come from?
So, we waved good bye as she passed through security. And we went cold turkey, without even a cell phone with which to maintain contact. Her Israeli cell phone awaits at the end of the flight, about 12 hours away. Her El Al flight departed at 2:45pm.Hee lo po, achshav. Hee sham. Anachnu po, bli Sarah.
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