Wednesday, May 14, 2008

First impressions of the Holy Land

In this video, we survive the flight into Tel Aviv, gather our luggage and meet Chris Mitchell. This video shows highlights of our first 36 hours in the Holy Land. You might notice that we look a little bleary-eyed and somewhat dazed & confused. We were suffering from a common condition travel experts refer to as 'jet lag.' We've since recovered and have gone on to film many more memories for our mothers' scrapbooking ventures. Kim has been diligent in editing and uploading these.

Today's weather is moderately warm with a light breeze. The ambiance surrounding the CBN bureau is currently accompanied by helicopter whirring. Bush is in town and is staying at the hotel next door to the office. Kim spent the morning soldering XLR cables with Yoel, our hyperactive cameraman, and Bonnie wrote her first news script for Chris. Yoel took us to the Government Press Office this afternoon for our official press credentialing.


The Flight:

Ever wonder what it's like to fly internationally with two Texas gals who don't exactly get out much? Well, we thought we'd show you highlights from the two plane rides and airport adventures. Word of caution: Towards the latter portion of this video, we are EXTREMELY jet-lagged, so please don't think we normally get this excited about new things. We had reached that point of exhaustion where just about anything was funny.




3 comments:

Sarah-Jane said...

Way to get the bottom bunk Kim! Lovin the blog and the Web site. It's so cool that you're there during the Israeli 60th anniversary. I've been listening to coverage about it on NPR.

That yellow fruit looks like a non-kosher esrog. Non-kosher because it's round. How do I know that? Google of course! I love the internet. I even watched a video about the esrog and what makes it kosher or not. LOL!

Glad to see you're doing well and I look forward to seeing more from your trip.

alison said...

i love the guess the fruit game. i am praying for you guys. i love you.

Anonymous said...

Your apartment is so lovely!!!
The patio alone made me want to get on a plane and join you.