After months of anticipation and planning, Diller 7 finally boarded the bus to JFK full of excitement after we said goodbye to our parents. Once we arrived at the airport, the 18 of us went through the check in process, went through security and found the gate- with an hour and a half to spare! We split up to buy food for the flight- many of us decided to visit the friendly terminal Shake Shack for one last burger, others visited Hudson News for magazines or gum. The excitement was high as we boarded our El Al flight (and saw a menorah wishing us a Happy Hanukkah!) and got settled. Our flight didn't take off for a little while, which gave us the perfect opportunity to take lots of pictures. The flight was fairly uneventful- lots of movie watching, eating, and only some sleeping. As we began our decent into Israel, it finally dawned on us that we were about to embark on a journey we had waited so long to have- and the trip has yet to disappoint. At the airport we saw Shiri and Leah, and as we arrived at the Agaf (their federation) we were surprised to see Anais there waiting for us. And then, as we walked upstairs, we all started looking for closets. Now you may be wondering- why on earth would a bunch of jet lagged teens be looking for closets? It's because in April, when the Israelis came to the US, we surprised them by jumping out of closets. Well, we found one. And yes, our Israelis were inside. It was so nice to see them all again- and as soon as we reunited, it was time to go home with our host families for our first Shabbat in Israel. I'm writing this after being with my hosts for a few hours- if my whole trip is going to be this great, then I can't wait!
Shabbat shalom and we miss you all!
Micaela Kaplan/ DJ Kaplan Crunch
See the vlog from our first day here: http://cameo.tv/c/tEMicZZ0
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