Travel Day

I took the train to St. Louis yesterday. I am spent the night at my grandmother's house before flying out this morning. I finally got a Hebrew phrase book. It crossed my mind around 8 o'clock Thursday night that it might be helpful to have one, but it was too late for me to get one that evening.

The train ride was fun. It was actually on time! It was pretty amazing :) It was crowded too; I was surprised. I had to share a seat. I ended up sitting next to a woman from Illinois who had just graduated with an Art History degree. It was really interesting to talk to her because she had such a different life from me but was still interested in doing the same kind of work that I am thinking about doing (museum studies). She is about 4 years older than I am but had just graduated because she got married and that spread her education out a bit. He is in the Air Force, so her education will be even more spread out. Her husband is a dentist so she doesn't have to worry too much about getting things done quickly. In fact, she can't because they are going to be in Louisiana for a while.

That is the fun thing about mass transportation. You never know who you are going to meet.

I need to go now. I have a few things to get ready before I head to the airport! It is going to be a long day of traveling. We fly to Atlanta, then to New York before getting on a 14 hour flight to Tel Aviv. Should be lots of fun.