I was waiting for the train to Penn this morning at EWR when I noticed two nervous looking travelers. Turned out they’d just arrived from Israel and were a little disoriented/jet-lagged/uncertain. On the train from EWR to NY Penn another joined us and I helped the trio navigate to Amtrak ticket sales, as well as an older Israeli couple to the “E” train. The “leader” (more outgoing, more English) of the defacto trio thanked me profusely and told me I was doing a mitzvah. It just made me happy to be able to repay some of the travel kindness I’ve received all over the world.

I was not at all surprised when my updated FlightMemory stats showed that LAX is tied with KIX as my most frequent airport — I feel like I’ve lived there recently. Been in 5 different terminals on the four recent trips: Bradley (x2), Frontier (T3) American Airlines (T4), NWA (T2) and Continental (T6). T6 is very dilapidated looking, especially after the jazzed up Continental terminal at EWR but security was a breeze last night. EWR this AM was a zoo and I’m not looking forward to the Friday morning after Thanksgiving.