(From this photo album)
2007.12.28 Fri - Da' Holy Land
The skinny: I'm on a class trip to Israel through Talbot. 48 seminary students are all taking a routes and regions class onsite in Israel, where we'll be coving this small strip of highly contested and tension-filled land and its history.
The phat: Even on the plane in LAX, cultural differences began to surface. El Al is Israel's airline and they just started flying from LAX a few months ago with a new non-stop to Tel Aviv. Security is ridikerous. Each individual is questioned while waiting in line to check in bags. Why are you going? Where are you from? Where are your parents from? Who drove you to the airport? Where are they from? Who are you going with? How do you know them? etc. Then the bus that takes us to the set apart terminal (took us at least 5 minutes to drive there) was escorted by LAX police cars. Then the plane itself was escorted by LAX police and black, El Al security personnel SUV's while our plane taxied (again a long drive) to the runway. Each time we would stop, the police cars would turn and face outwards from the plane (surrounded in the middle). Wowzers.
The plane ride itself was different. There was at least one church group from Las Vegas, but many were Israelis that don't speak English. Community community community. People stand around in the aisles. Kids are running up and down the plane. Not much sense of individual space (a kid staring at me from a close distance while I worked on my laptop).
This is the view from our hotel rooftop. We're just inside the Old Jerusalem wall's "Joppa Gate" in the Christian Quarter. I've been blessed.
2007.12.28 Fri - Da' Holy Land
The skinny: I'm on a class trip to Israel through Talbot. 48 seminary students are all taking a routes and regions class onsite in Israel, where we'll be coving this small strip of highly contested and tension-filled land and its history.
The phat: Even on the plane in LAX, cultural differences began to surface. El Al is Israel's airline and they just started flying from LAX a few months ago with a new non-stop to Tel Aviv. Security is ridikerous. Each individual is questioned while waiting in line to check in bags. Why are you going? Where are you from? Where are your parents from? Who drove you to the airport? Where are they from? Who are you going with? How do you know them? etc. Then the bus that takes us to the set apart terminal (took us at least 5 minutes to drive there) was escorted by LAX police cars. Then the plane itself was escorted by LAX police and black, El Al security personnel SUV's while our plane taxied (again a long drive) to the runway. Each time we would stop, the police cars would turn and face outwards from the plane (surrounded in the middle). Wowzers.
The plane ride itself was different. There was at least one church group from Las Vegas, but many were Israelis that don't speak English. Community community community. People stand around in the aisles. Kids are running up and down the plane. Not much sense of individual space (a kid staring at me from a close distance while I worked on my laptop).
This is the view from our hotel rooftop. We're just inside the Old Jerusalem wall's "Joppa Gate" in the Christian Quarter. I've been blessed.
(From this photo album)
2007.12.28 Fri - Da' Holy Land
The skinny: I'm on a class trip to Israel through Talbot. 48 seminary students are all taking a routes and regions class onsite in Israel, where we'll be coving this small strip of highly contested and tension-filled land and its history.
The phat: Even on the plane in LAX, cultural differences began to surface. El Al is Israel's airline and they just started flying from LAX a few months ago with a new non-stop to Tel Aviv. Security is ridikerous. Each individual is questioned while waiting in line to check in bags. Why are you going? Where are you from? Where are your parents from? Who drove you to the airport? Where are they from? Who are you going with? How do you know them? etc. Then the bus that takes us to the set apart terminal (took us at least 5 minutes to drive there) was escorted by LAX police cars. Then the plane itself was escorted by LAX police and black, El Al security personnel SUV's while our plane taxied (again a long drive) to the runway. Each time we would stop, the police cars would turn and face outwards from the plane (surrounded in the middle). Wowzers.
The plane ride itself was different. There was at least one church group from Las Vegas, but many were Israelis that don't speak English. Community community community. People stand around in the aisles. Kids are running up and down the plane. Not much sense of individual space (a kid staring at me from a close distance while I worked on my laptop).
This is the view from our hotel rooftop. We're just inside the Old Jerusalem wall's "Joppa Gate" in the Christian Quarter. I've been blessed.
2007.12.28 Fri - Da' Holy Land
The skinny: I'm on a class trip to Israel through Talbot. 48 seminary students are all taking a routes and regions class onsite in Israel, where we'll be coving this small strip of highly contested and tension-filled land and its history.
The phat: Even on the plane in LAX, cultural differences began to surface. El Al is Israel's airline and they just started flying from LAX a few months ago with a new non-stop to Tel Aviv. Security is ridikerous. Each individual is questioned while waiting in line to check in bags. Why are you going? Where are you from? Where are your parents from? Who drove you to the airport? Where are they from? Who are you going with? How do you know them? etc. Then the bus that takes us to the set apart terminal (took us at least 5 minutes to drive there) was escorted by LAX police cars. Then the plane itself was escorted by LAX police and black, El Al security personnel SUV's while our plane taxied (again a long drive) to the runway. Each time we would stop, the police cars would turn and face outwards from the plane (surrounded in the middle). Wowzers.
The plane ride itself was different. There was at least one church group from Las Vegas, but many were Israelis that don't speak English. Community community community. People stand around in the aisles. Kids are running up and down the plane. Not much sense of individual space (a kid staring at me from a close distance while I worked on my laptop).
This is the view from our hotel rooftop. We're just inside the Old Jerusalem wall's "Joppa Gate" in the Christian Quarter. I've been blessed.
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