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Post by tyrednexited on Jun 10, 2020 15:04:51 GMT
Bugger - got the call to go back to Israel. Dad in pain and feeling very poorly. Had to apply to the Israeli Embassy for humanitarian visa to enter... ...not good news. I hope the way is smoothed for you. You'll have to hope Boris has re-thought the quarantine rules before you return. Good luck!
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Post by WDB on Jun 10, 2020 15:05:34 GMT
Quarantine on the way back too, unless we’ve reverted to Wipe Your Feet As You Leave by then. That won’t be your principal concern just now, of course. Wishing you well.
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Post by Humph on Jun 10, 2020 15:10:08 GMT
Go safe Esp, and if your lot need anything, can't imagine what right now, but if they do, and I can help, I'm sort of near by. Don't hesitate to ask. Take care.
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Post by Rob on Jun 10, 2020 15:12:36 GMT
Good luck. Safe journey. I'm nearer than Humph if help needed back at home.
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Post by tyrednexited on Jun 10, 2020 15:46:00 GMT
How're you going to get there, Esp?
Flights must still be very limited, though it looks like Wizz are flying from Luton.
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Post by EspadaIII on Jun 10, 2020 19:50:38 GMT
Thanks all.
Yes; firstly I need to provide loads of proof that a) I am my father's son and b) he is ill.... So working on that. There is no guarantee they will permit me to enter even then. I reckon I won't be going for at least two weeks, even if they permit me.
Assuming I get permission then yes looks like Wizzair several times a week from Luton. About £80 one-way. El Al from Heathrow want £465 - you have to larf... When I arrive there then I have to go into 14 day quarantine (although I can do it at my father's as there is litle point in being in my own, all isolated, as I cannot be of much use to him there). Also, no public transport or taxis from the airport. Have to be collected in a private car.
I will probably be there for at least four weeks so I reckon the stupid UK quarantine rules will be gone by then.
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Post by EspadaIII on Jun 13, 2020 22:54:46 GMT
So Dad in hospital but that's a good thing. Identified that apparently most of his post operative problems are related to an infected gall bladder which antibiotics cannot shift on their own. So this week he is having some procedure to remove infection and open up the bile tract between it and the intestine.
Hopefully this will work and my panic will be reduced although I'm still intend to visit if I can get in.
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Post by EspadaIII on Jun 25, 2020 21:08:36 GMT
Procedure didn't work...
I'm flying back next week. Flights keep changing. Yesterday lots of flights available online, today very few. Covid-19 causing havoc...
Got a four week ticket but who knows..
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Post by Humph on Jun 25, 2020 21:14:07 GMT
Oh heck Esp. Hope you can get there without too much trouble.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2020 21:24:39 GMT
Sorry to hear that EspIII.
I know you want to be there for your Dad, is there absolutely no one else you can share the load with ? I understand this is tough enough without the restrictions.
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Post by Rob on Jun 25, 2020 22:10:04 GMT
I hope Covid-19 related things ease enough to make a flight possible. Wishing you and your dad all the best.
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Post by dixinormus on Jun 26, 2020 3:31:56 GMT
Airlines seem to be messing around announcing restarting of flights and then changing their minds it seems. What remaining goodwill they may have had in customers’ eyes is rapidly evaporating. Safe travels Esp.
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Post by EspadaIII on Jun 26, 2020 4:14:55 GMT
Thanks all.
A couple of days ago all looked well so he said to me not to rush out. However I checked the Wizzair website (Luton to Tel Aviv direct) and there were midweek flights for between £65 and £90 one-way. Last night when it became obvious I had to travel, all midweek flights had disappeared bring replaced by Fridays (no good for me - they arrive to late after the Sabbath starts) at £465!
The first flight they had I could take was 6th July.
Further online checking revealed a few flights from Manchester changing planes in Europe. One way tickets were a stupid price and even then Covid has reduced air travel so significantly that the first sensible flight was next Thursday, Lufthansa via Frankfurt. I booked a four week ticket and I will have to do two weeks quarantine. Price was not too bad and the seat map looks like they have blocked off all middle seats in a block of three.
No idea how Dad will be when I get there or how i will cope on my own for two weeks trapped in my apartment. Lots of calls to home and friends. The Mossad are checking that people are staying in during quarantine so I can't sneak out.
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Post by dixinormus on Jun 26, 2020 20:26:55 GMT
I hadn’t realised that Covid cases were spiking in Israel 😕. I thought the country was still doing well in trying to eliminate it. All thanks to people flocking to the beaches?
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Post by EspadaIII on Jun 27, 2020 22:27:21 GMT
Possibly but also, like in Singapore, there is an area of South Tel Aviv which has a large number of overseas workers living in compounds.
A slight fly in the ointment maybe Espadrille.... she woke up today with a cough... So we went for a covid test. If she is positive we all have to isolate for 14 days so my trip will be postponed. That won't help my father...
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