Back in the States
Unfortunately it really is true that all good things do come to an end. On 3/4 we woke up at 3am Slovenian time, checked out and picked up our bagged breakfasts, and were on the road by 4. We made it to the Ljubljana airport before any of the counters were even open, so we had about 45 minutes to wait before we could check in.
Everyone managed to get checked in okay and we had one last group photo before heading through Slovenian customs. Everyone said a sad good bye to Jurgen and Sandor. Hopefully we'll travel with them both again next year! Customs went okay, then we had another 45 minutes to wait before boarding.
Our flight into Frankfurt was short and smooth, but when we landed at 9:20 we realized our next flight was supposed to be boarding at 9:30. So, we raced across the airport, on a bus, then on foot through a very log terminal, to a tram, and them down another terminal... only to run into another seurity checkpoint with lots of people already in line. At this point we're kinda worried that we're not going to make the flight, so I ask one of the Lufthansa attendants if we should be worried. Her reply, "Oh no, it's okay to be late, the plane will wait for you." So, we waited.
After a very thorough search, we made it to the boarding line, only to have one more drama of two students temporarily 'losing' their boarding passes. But we made it on the plane and 7 hours later we were in Boston. All our bags appeard, we cleared customs and out coach bus was waiting for us when we got outside. We ended up making it back to St. Johnsbury right on time at 5pm. Let's hear it for amazing transportion!
Now that the trip is over, I'll be sortig through all the pictures I took and arranging a pot-luck dinner for sometime next week. Once I decide on a time and location, I'll post the information here and send it out in school.
I hope everyone is adjusting well to being back in the States!
Everyone managed to get checked in okay and we had one last group photo before heading through Slovenian customs. Everyone said a sad good bye to Jurgen and Sandor. Hopefully we'll travel with them both again next year! Customs went okay, then we had another 45 minutes to wait before boarding.
Our flight into Frankfurt was short and smooth, but when we landed at 9:20 we realized our next flight was supposed to be boarding at 9:30. So, we raced across the airport, on a bus, then on foot through a very log terminal, to a tram, and them down another terminal... only to run into another seurity checkpoint with lots of people already in line. At this point we're kinda worried that we're not going to make the flight, so I ask one of the Lufthansa attendants if we should be worried. Her reply, "Oh no, it's okay to be late, the plane will wait for you." So, we waited.
After a very thorough search, we made it to the boarding line, only to have one more drama of two students temporarily 'losing' their boarding passes. But we made it on the plane and 7 hours later we were in Boston. All our bags appeard, we cleared customs and out coach bus was waiting for us when we got outside. We ended up making it back to St. Johnsbury right on time at 5pm. Let's hear it for amazing transportion!
Now that the trip is over, I'll be sortig through all the pictures I took and arranging a pot-luck dinner for sometime next week. Once I decide on a time and location, I'll post the information here and send it out in school.
I hope everyone is adjusting well to being back in the States!
posted by Eastern Europe 2005 at 3:10 AM
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