the Trip Over

ah yes, the trip over.... it was quite an experience. let's see.....

so of course i waited until the last minute to pack up, buy things at last minute, do last minute errands, etc, which drove my family nuts. but we were able to get out to dulles, which was good. hectic, got out on the plane, saw spiro, tumey and eleni at the airport, on their way to rome, bill and i having the same first connecting flight into munich, germany.

so we get the munich aiport, which, by the way, is slick, metallic, modern, white, cool, nice, stylish, etc.... and for breakfast, we have beer and criossants.... oh yeah, we started europe off right!

anyways, so then the fun part comes. my flight is later than bills, and so he takes off and i have another hour and a half to wait before mine even boards.... so i'm chillin', watchin' some soccer, having a decent time. now i've been up all night pretty much, and so i decide, hey, i'll just lie down, it will feel good, i only have about 2o mins probably till the flight boards..... well.... i look up after like 10 mins, and there's no one at the gate counter, and i'm like, what is this about, we have got to be boarding soon. it's crazy. but no one is there. i lie back down. i am lying down 3 rows over from the gate counter, in the proper waiting area, underneath the intercom and right by the clock. so like back down, its 10:15. i sit back up, its 10:57. my flight was supposed to depart at 10:55. there's no on in the gate, but now there's a lady at the counter.

i said, hey, i think i'm supposed to be on this flight.

she said, yes i know, i called your name five times....

and then i said are you kidding me. and nearly died. i was so scared and pissed and distraught.
i was eventually able to get a new flight, at no added cost, but it was another 3 hours in the airport, which was terribly long. but it all worked out.

then i get my bags, finally get into a taxi, hey i'm in barcelona, its awesome. the location for our studio, is pretty crazy. and my cab driver couldn't drive all the way in on the side streets that are one way. so he dropped me off on this main street. and i'm walking around aimlessly trying to find where this place is at to meet my instructor to get my keys. and she's not in front of the studio.... i was so scared. sigh. but it all worked out and we got up with the others, and went and saw the three kings party and then went back to one of the apt.s and hung out, etc.

so that was the first day. i will write more later. i am really tired.