The fist half of my flight was pleasantly uneventful despite the complete lack of sleep and shockingly ineffective Nyquil. Other than that it was quite average. But the fun part started when I realized our plane was scheduled to land at 11:25am Thursday morning in Germany and my connector flight boarded at 11:40am on the complete other side of the Frankfurt terminal. It was then that I recognized a familiar American complaint coming from the row behind me. Thus I discovered two of my classmates and we made a pact to be running partners. By the time we all exited the plane it was 11:40am on the dot. As soon as we broke from the mob all three of us made a 20 minute straight sprint from one end of the airport to the other, only stopping for an occasional pat down and frisk (one that would have never flown in the states for fear of some serious violation codes). During our mad sprint I realized a couple things about myself… 1) being out of shape is not a joke 2) running frantically around in an international airport definitely flags me as an American 3) movies make chevy chase family vacation makes dashing through airports look fun, when in fact … its not.
But never fear we arrived huffing and puffing, collapsing on the floor like the true dramatic Americans we are with about 70 seconds to spare. The plane was miraculously 20 minutes delayed. I can honestly say I never expected to be stripping layers as I embraced the below freezing, European air for the first time through the boarding terminal. But then again, I have a feeling this is going to a whole semester of the unexpected, frantic sprints, and figure it out as you go. Bring it on.
PS more details about my apartment coming soon with pictures. But I can say that it is WARM! (prayer request number 2), has perfect internet, plenty of space, clean, super cute, and right next to some really cute coffee shops. I’m in love already. Tomorrow starts the fist real day of my Prague experience.
PSS all my internet sites are in Czech. You would be surprised how long it takes to even find the submit button
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