We Finally Made It!!!

We finally made it to Israel.  Our first day has been a light touring day following a day of marginal problems.  Check-in at Continental was a zoo.  Three groups of over 25 and no automated way to take credit payments almost kept us from getting the bags checked in.  Then, one ticket was already used, but they let us board in KC and promised a fix by the time we reached Newark.  That didn't happen, but we have been assured it's fixed now.  Then, somewhere over western Europe, one of our group was informed by El Al that her bag was not aboard the plane.  But, we found it on the baggage carousel when we arrived.  God has taken care of us so far.

As you can see by the photo, we had rain today.  Here we are huddleded in a doorway in Joppa.  The city is beautiful (even in the rain) and sits on the Mediterranean Sea.  It was a light touring day since we went straight from the airport to the bus.

More later.