Home Sweet Home...
I am finally home after a long 3 days of travel. I'm not complaining though! I had thought I was saving time and money by taking a flight instead of the train from Spain to London. I ended up missing my morning flight from Barcelona by minutes and had to wait in the airport for 9 hours on standby... I had a relaxing last night in London though, I met a nice girl from Estonia in the hotel restaurant and we had some great conversation. The following day I cut my time to get to Heathrow entirely too short, arriving only 1 hour before my flight to Chicago (obviously didn't learn my lesson from the day before!). Luckily, I was able to find an American Airlines attendent who allowed me to skip to the front of the line, then another attendent allowed me to skip to the front of the security checkpoint. I walked on my plane with 10 minutes to spare!
When I arrived in Chicago and made it to my connecting flight to Syracuse, it was cancelled due to a lack of pilots. American Airlines put all of the passengers up in a hotel for the night and my flight was scheduled to leave for Syracuse the next morning. It actually wasn't a bad night, everyone from the flight congregated to the hotel bar and I met a lot of really nice people.
I took my flight to Syracuse the next day and my parents met me at the airport. It is really nice to be home with family. My sister arrives tonight and we'll all be home for the holidays! We had 10 inches of snow last night (and I think San Diego is still getting beach days). I'm looking forward to hitting the beach when I get back!!
My father asked me if this trip was all that I had expected it to be. I told him it was everything I expected and so much more. The places I've seen and the people I've met I will never forget. I wish it could go on but I knew this trip had to end sometime. To all the people who have been following my trip, and all of the people I've met along the way, I hope you have a happy holiday and a great new year!! I've finally posted some pictures from the last weeks of my travel, and I will post more soon!
posted by Donna Weeden @ 9:19 AM
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