p.s. Sorry for the weird color issues. Not sure what's going on...Will try to fix later.
A few random observations: Apparently, I live in a time warp, because I only recently realized that I had not updated this in almost a year! I have been having plenty of adventures, but have been so caught up in too much work and other boring-sounding (yet not actually boring to me) life things going on. I may see if I can catch people up on what has been going on in my life the past year...probably will have time to do that on my 12-hour layover on the way back, actually.
Next: I have been "traveling" for 17.5 hours now, and only just dozed a bit on the plane here and there, so if any of this doesn't live up to normal standards, try not to hold it against me too much!
Back to the trip:
It has been quite the uneventful trip so far. This is due partly to the fact that I scheduled such long layovers. Flying out of Columbia, everything is always delayed -- and this time was no exception. The first flight was supposed to leave at 5:30 and arrive at 6:30, but it was delayed so much, that we didn't even get on the plane until after 8 pm, and did not leave until 8:15 or so. I felt a little bad for all of the people who most certainly missed their connections. (I mean, let's face it: who in their right mind would schedule a 4+ hour layover??) The only reason I didn't miss mine was I had a 4 hr 20 min layover, which ended up being no
layover at all -- I arrived at my gate just as they started the pre-boarding process. The young lady I sat next to on the connecting flight to Atlanta was traveling overseas alone for the first time. She was under the age of 18, so they did not allow her to leave the terminal to stay at a hotel -- apparently instead they had a "kiddie room." I hope she was able to get some rest and made it to Paris today. The flight from Atlanta to Amsterdam felt much longer than the 7.5 hours listed, but KLM really took good care of us -- the hot wet paper towels before each meal were a nice touch -- plus dinner and breakfast. Not bad. I was most impressed (food-wise) by the salad included with dinner: It was sauteed eggplant, black beans, mozzarella, and a few red peppers and sweet onions in an olive oil vinaigrette. Also, the stewardess called me "My Lady" and she called the men "Monsieur," which was interesting.
Local time here: 3:19 pm, one hour before boarding for the last leg of this trip. Then, I think it's just a short 40-minute wait for the bus once I arrive in Luxembourg. I am going to hope it takes 1 hour or less to get to Saarburg, because I would LOVE to shower and change before our faculty welcome meeting at 8:30. I'm definitely looking forward to meeting all the faculty and getting the week 1 schedule so I can plan my warm up/practice time accordingly. I may be that crazy person who wakes up before the students get there and practices before breakfast -- we will see if the building is open that early.
Pre-trip randomness: I had left my glasses in the car before packing for this trip. When I went to the car to get them, I noticed the earpieces had some junky stuff on them. I quickly realized upon cleaning them, though, that it was the actual glasses themselves. They had started to melt, because the ear piece was the only plastic part on the frame! I must remember to never, ever leave melt-y things (even non-traditional melty things) in my car in AZ. Next thing I know I will have music that melts!
That is all for the first short update. I will do my best to update this more regularly in the future.
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