discovered on arrival in New York that our luggage was still in Barcelona; have since recovered it
When I was in Israel 18 years ago, I flew back through London (overnight) to Montreal. One of my bags arrived properly in Montreal the next day. One of them went to New York City (not sure which airport). At the time I was envious - I wasn't to visit NYC until 10 years later when I first went to visit Merav there (and met you) - and it was VERY SAD That my luggage was better travelled than I was (it did eventually make it back to me)
Ben Gurion Airport also has the distinction of being the only airport I have deliberately slept in overnight. At the time, I was flying home after having spent almost 6 months living in Israel, I was almost out of money, this was before I had an credit card or some other way to draw it easily, and I needed to be at the airport at 5:00 am on a Sunday morning. So I caught the 1 bus from my kibbutz to Jerusalem early in the evening (around 8 or 9) and then - having nothing else I could do with ALL MY LUGGAGE with me - caught the first bus to Ben Gurion, and then slept on my bags on a luggage cart (theft protection, "did you pack your own bags" protection, and more squishy and comfortable than a chair) until the check-in for my flight was opened.
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discovered on arrival in New York that our luggage was still in Barcelona; have since recovered it
When I was in Israel 18 years ago, I flew back through London (overnight) to Montreal. One of my bags arrived properly in Montreal the next day. One of them went to New York City (not sure which airport). At the time I was envious - I wasn't to visit NYC until 10 years later when I first went to visit Merav there (and met you) - and it was VERY SAD That my luggage was better travelled than I was (it did eventually make it back to me)
Ben Gurion Airport also has the distinction of being the only airport I have deliberately slept in overnight. At the time, I was flying home after having spent almost 6 months living in Israel, I was almost out of money, this was before I had an credit card or some other way to draw it easily, and I needed to be at the airport at 5:00 am on a Sunday morning. So I caught the 1 bus from my kibbutz to Jerusalem early in the evening (around 8 or 9) and then - having nothing else I could do with ALL MY LUGGAGE with me - caught the first bus to Ben Gurion, and then slept on my bags on a luggage cart (theft protection, "did you pack your own bags" protection, and more squishy and comfortable than a chair) until the check-in for my flight was opened.
I'm glad you had such a wonderful trip!