DON'T FORGET....

...your passport.

Are you packed yet?

The weather forecast for Jerusalem

Wednesday 45/38, 60% chance of rain
Thursday 46/38 60% chance of showers
Friday 48/38 cloudy, 20% chance of showers
Saturday 50/36 partly cloudy, 10% chance of showers
Sunday 54/36 sunny, 10% chance of showers

Woo hoo!

I bought some of these compression bags at Erehwon (but you can get them at REI, Target, or probably also Uncle Dan's). I think they'll make it easier to fit everything into my bags!

I picked up some very light slippers at Target for about 5 bucks for the plane.

I really like those face-wash wipes for travelling, a nice way to wash your face on the plane.

Some interesting travel packing ideas: duct tape, mailing tube for posters, bubble wrap to carry stuff home in (although as I said, ship not shlep), extra ziptop baggies (all sizes, i ♥ the 2-gallon ones for all my toiletries)...what are some of your best travel tips?

See you at the airport!

Counting Down...

I just spent a half hour on the phone with the Israel-end of our trip, a woman named Tali, and Rachel, our travel agent. We went through the itinerary and discussed other information about the trip. I will be posting more in the next few days so stay tuned!!!

Update

Things all seem to be worked out on the room front and those who wanted to share are sharing...singles are singles. Seems all good!

All of the questions that were posed at our meeting are being confirmed with the Israel end of things and I am going to have a conference call next week with them to get all the details in order. Then I will hopefully have all the answers for you! Stay tuned.