(Almost) Catching up with the present
January 13th 2011 "Why are you here?" asks a small, young man with jet-black hair and goatee less than a minute after I step off the plane. It's 3:15am, and I've just arrived at Ben-Gurion International, having hardly slept at all and feeling queasy from the bad airplane food. The man stops me on the way to the passport check.
"Just travelling." I reply with a hint of surprise at the unexpected interception.
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