Miraculously, Mom and I set foot on American soil Monday afternoon. I hardly believed it; I didn't believe we were actually home until we landed in SFO. As we were descending, I kind of expected the pilot to go over the intercom and say something like, "Ladies and gentleman, it seems I've made a mistake. You see, Monday's we usually fly to Cairo, but I guess they changed the schedule. Whoops! Sorry to those of you who were hoping to go to San Francisco. Enjoy your stay in Egypt!" But then as the plane descended and I saw the City by the Bay for myself, I finally believed it...we were home!
Most of you heard what happened Sunday; those of you who haven't, here's a quick recap: I got out of the hospital on Saturday, and Mom and I were incredibly excited to finally be coming home! We were all scheduled to fly out of Florence Sunday morning but all flights were cancelled because of the rain. (Florence's small airport has to close down when the runways become too slippery.) In the hands of the ever-so-organized Italians, we ended waiting in lines all morning to sort out the mess of rescheduling everyone's flights, got bussed to Bologna which has a bigger airport, and then waited in lines all afternoon to get our boarding passes to our connecting flight to Germany. By the end of the day on Sunday, the Lufthansa employees had a very cranky group of travelers on their hands. We got into Frankfurt Sunday night, had to spend the night in a hotel, and finally flew out Monday morning. (Italians are a great group of people, but when it comes to getting down to business, I've found that the Germans are much more efficient.)
Sunday morning Mom and I had been very excited--"I can't believe we're going to be home in 14 hours!" "It's going to be so great to be home!" etc., etc. Monday morning, waiting in the airport in Frankfurt, neither of us voiced comments such as these in fear of jinxing it.
But the point is--I'm home! And it's been great :) Next time though, I'm taking the boat.
Love,
Caity
P.S. I think I'm going to write one last "sum it all up" entry if any of you are still interested...stay tuned, if you want!
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