HH
The flight from Kiev
to Israel was 11 am, so I ordered a taxi in Uman for 5:30 – the
trip is 3 hours. There were delays and I only arrived at the airport
at about 9:15. After replacing my Nanach rings after passing security
I soon realized that I somehow lost one, may HY replace it speedily (this is apparently
a מקום מיועד
לפורעניות – a place of misfortune –
because previously I had lost some cable by the security, but B”H I
retrieved it).
On the way I had done an online check in, but I still had a bag to
give them, so I was waiting in the line, up ahead there were problems
they were charging someone for his baggage and for overweight and he
wasn't giving in so easily, and meanwhile people had found ways
around the side, and I remained stuck till about 10:25 when my plane
had already started boarding. So I step up and the lady tells me that
I have to pay $60 for a bag, and I try telling her that the UKRAINIAN
AIR website states explicitly that the first bag is free – but to
no avail. Meanwhile it is already 10:35, and the guy behind me is
extremely jittery and begging me to just let him go. So I give her my
credit card to pay the 60, but in the Ukraine they need you to key in
your code, and I haven't used it in years, I try something, but it
didn't work, I open my laptop dig into a file, find some more codes,
no go. Meanwhile the lady had printed out a boarding pass for me –
either based on my online check in, or figuring that my credit card
was going to go through. So now she hands me my credit card and my
passport and boarding pass – it's 10:40, and I ask her what to do,
and she just shrugs helplessly. So I strengthen myself with the power
of the holy petek, and I proceeded to security where they stop me and
say no you can't take this – B”H from my vast experience and
faith, I knew that they were just referring to the cart, so I left
the cart behind and barreled down to the gate with my knapsack,
laptop, suitcase, and bag of food. At the gate I had to pass by two
more inspections, and I proceeded to the plane, where once again I
was stopped, and they asked me to wait outside with my suitcase, but
B”H they just put in the cabin, and I picked it up from the
conveyor belt.
Na Nach Nachma
Nachman MeUman!
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