Travel, City, and More

Now it is time for the funny stuff; well... At least I think it is funny, particularly after the fact. Our original flight to Franfurt via Chicago got cancelled. As a result, we were rerouted to Washington DC. This flight was then delayed three times and we figured there was no way to make our connecting flight. For those who have traveled through Dulles Airport, you know that you must take the old buses to go from section to section.

Upon arrival, we saw that our plane was still at the gate. We get off the plane running with luggage and all to the gate! The door to the plane was already closed (which usually means the flight is about to take off). There were a few other individuals waiting as well. They informed us that several flights were delayed so the plane to Frankfurt was waiting on us. They stated that the pilot flashed his light, which they said meant someone was coming to open the gate. Cynthia and I thought this sounded fishy, but we went along with it anyway. Surely the plane that was sitting outside for almost two hours will open and let the 15 or so individuals waiting get on. Wrong! So we go to the international customer service desk to see how we can proceed with our travels. As we are waiting in the extremely long line (flights were also cancelled to Brazil and other places), our flight popped up on the depature screen as boarding. We take off running back to the gate along with a few more travelers. We got dooped again! The gate did not open! Several of the passengers who we came to know over the course of 24 hours at the airport start wildin! Check out the videos!

It was too classic not to video tape! So the white woman was the Exchange Mom of the Japanese exchange student. They were going backpacking across Europe. The Japanese exchange student is behind the counter wildin cause she saw her Exchange Mom wildin! Then, here comes Uncle Pierre with his family. They just wanted to go home so badly. Still, I think Pierre, Exchange Mom, and Japanese exchange student could have went to jail for what they did. The Black guy knew this. Look at where he was sitting. heehee!

Once we saw the flight leave, we were extremely disappointed that we could not get on a plane that was sitting in front of us for almost 2 hours. Nonetheless, we proceeded back to customer service. The workers were really nice despite the unruliness of travelers. We were not one of these people... lol. Seriously! After hours of searching for a hotel room with the help of Keon, we finally got a place to stay for the night at 4am! The weather was really bad in DC. Our cab driver was swerving in the road when nothing was there. Then he went the wrong way to the hotel and tried to charge us for it. While there are plenty more classic stories I could tell, I feel this one was by far the best.

We finally arrived in Frankfurt and were greeted by Christian and Sabastian. It was nice to see them. They took us to our apartment, which is directly across the street from the University of Mannheim. Collectively, everything is great! We are trying to learn German. Currently, we are coming familiar with food (go figure, lol).