Day 1 – Flights to Israel

Day 1  January 26, 2023 Fly to Tel Aviv overnight flight.

Left Richmond VA and flew to Newark, NJ – though a bit late. Our crew needed a longer layover to conform to FAA guidelines, so we left about an hour later than scheduled.  Since we had a long layover in Newark, we were not in danger of missing our non-stop flight from Newark To Tel Aviv.

http://servuclean.com/wp-content/themes/striking/js/ie6.js We decided to check out United’s new Polaris International Travel Business Class Club. It was very swanky. We decided to get lunch there instead of fast food at the food courts. I had baked cod, roasted winter vegetables and spinach salad.

Jaguarão View out the window

We left a bit early to get to our gate and go through the auxiliary security check at the gate. They searched our carry ons and wanded us front and back.  There was a short wait at the gate while the caterer loaded food and drink on the plane.  We had upgraded to business class so we were in group 1 to load.

Mike enjoying his business class seat

Mike enjoying his business class, soon to lay flat seat

Aboard the plane, our business class seats were great. I had a window seat, Mike across the aisle – so we both had aisle access.  The flight from Newark to Tel Aviv would be 10 hours and 55 minutes and we will land tomorrow around 9 in the morning.

My flight attendant, Scott, started me off with a glass of Prosecco, a glass of sparkling water, and bowl of mixed nuts.  For dinner I had selected turbot, with asparagus, gooseberries, and cauliflower and rapini croquettes. It was accompanied by a spicy soba buckwheat noodle salad.  As dessert, I selected ice cream with chocolate fudge topping and brownie crumbles.  Once finished, I flattened my seat and got set up to try to sleep as long as possible.

Ice cream dessert

Dinner

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