8/28 | Newark, New Jersey (Part II)

Irene's bark was certainly worse than her bite.  With the media in hysterics, the hurricane did not even come close to causing the widespread devastation that everyone expected.  In fact, except for some downed trees and minor flooding, the area seems to have held up quite well!  This gives me hope that my flight on El Al tomorrow will depart without delay.

Needless to say, I am really excited to finally have the chance to fly on Israel's national carrier.  My previous two trips to Israel were on U.S. Airways, which was quite luxurious, and Ukraine's Aerosvit Airlines, which was just miserable (30 hours in Kiev?  No thanks!).  I imagine El Al will fall somewhere in the middle of those two but, of course, it's the genuine Israel experience so that alone makes it pretty special.

The logo of El Al, Israel's national carrier.  The tagline underneath says, "The most at home in the world."

December's adventure on Aerosvit Airlines in Kiev, Ukraine, flying back from Tel Aviv to New York.  Anything is better than this!