the flight over was one of the smoothest trips I've ever had!
Except for the fact that I had to pay an horrendous amount of money for my overweight luggage, in fact I ended up having to buy an extra duffle bag, because as it turns out it is cheaper to take a second suitcase ($50) than to simply have an overweight luggage ($150)..
still other than that it was great. I met a bunch of people, some of whom just randomly started talking to me others
I started talking to - like at the gate while waiting for my boarding pass to be ready I sat down next to this elderly couple when I noticed they had little 'Vantage' information-packages. So of course, I had to find out where they were going.
For those of you who dont know this... Vantage is a River Cruise Company just like Viking River Cruises the company I worked for last summer, our competitors so to say and well many times when i was at the airport picking up our passengers i would meet people heading for a Vantage cruise, but we also had some of the same destinations and sometimes we would even double-dock, meaning we'd dock next to each other and whoever was on the second ship had to go through the first one in order to get a-shore. As it turned out this time they were headed for Croatia but they had been on the Grand European Tour from Amsterdam-Budapest (the one i was on last year) before - twice actually, once in each direction... fun fun
The flight seemed amazingly short, maybe it had something to do with my entertainment system working for once :) and service and food were good, too. Only downer i never got to close my eyes, for some reason i just didnt get tired, but the minute, I am telling you, the minute i sat down on the train takin me home from the airport - i was out, well, almost out... my luggage kept falling over and waking me up... guess, i still am a railroad-chick after all :)
I've been back for round about 30 hours now... everything still feels kind of weird. I guess, it's gonna take me a bit to get re-adjusted. But at least, i've managed to catch a few hours of sleep - 11 to be precise, cant remember the last time i slept this long. :)
still its good to be back... seeing family and friends again. Saw a bunch of people last night, they just happened to have their monthly church board meeting at our house - due to my mom still being on crutches.
Tonight they are showing our next world cup match (Germany vs. Ghana) on a big screen at our church, so i'll be able to see even more people there. Cant wait and i am sooo excited for the match - it is really all or nothing now.
Other than that the only things 'planned' for this week are getting my senses and bearings back, meeting and catching up with more people and developing an 'action plan' for this summer. I tryed earlier today, but I had to give up -for now, because I was still to out of it :D
Btw. the weather here is gorgeous at the moment.. blue skies, bright sunshine with 77-80 degrees outside - lovely; warm - without the sweat running down your face like a waterfall ;)
I'll keep you posted
