There was very little sleeping on the plane. Almost none in fact.

One reason was that, though we departed at 11pm, (not-so-yummy) dinner was served on the flight... at 12:30 Eastern no less! And because there were so many "special menu" requests that there was a kosher cart and a regular cart. Plus two drink services....

There were toddlers up and down the aisle, and mothers with infants up and down the aisle.

AND three couples of those Tel Aviv-bound young people two rows in front of me were really loud and unnecessarily vulgar (dammit if I don't sound like somebody's old fogie grandma!!!). And then, finally(!), they turned off the lights.

And since we left so late at night, it was only three hours before dawn.