I am home.
I was a bit naive thinking that what I have termed my "African Adventure" would come to an end once I got to Sir Sereste Khama International Airport. My flight that was scheduled to leave at 5:30 didn't even board until 6:00 and leave until 6:30. Apparently since Monday was a Holiday in Botswana, the airport staff decided not to come to work on Friday, leaving one staff member to handle everything. I was of course worried that I wouldn't make my connecting flight in Jo-burg to London, so the crew allowed me and the other girls in the same situation to sit up in Bushiness Class in order to get off quickly. Once we landed I was off the plane, loaded the bus to get to the terminal, and then ran a sprint through the Jo-burg airport only to arrive at my gate to find a long line. I breathed a sigh of relief thinking that I was safe and made the connection however as I handed my boarding pass to the agent I was told I had been "offloaded", a term that I didn't understand. It finally dawned on my that I had been bumped! Since our flight left Gaborone late Jo-burg assumed we wouldn't make the connection and gave our seats away (how nice of them). I was then directed to another gate, stood in line, pulled out of line, checked in for the new flight, boarded the new flight, and settled in. Just as we were about to leave the pilot informed us that for whatever reason our luggage would not be on this flight and would instead be on the next flight, which happened to be Saturday night. For some reason in the 2 hours I was in Jo-burg they were unable to get my 2 pieces of luggage on the plane. AHH what a way to start a 40 hour trip home! (at the time of this post I still am missing 1 piece of luggage)
Fortunately the rest of the trip home went without any drama and I safely arrived in Salt Lake early Sunday morning. Darin was there to pick me up with the subway sandwich I requested (I had the oddest craving for one while in Botswana).
Everything that has occurred in the past 40 hours was quickly forgotten as I lay down in MY LARGE and COMFORTABLE bed.
I was HOME!
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Welcome back to the States. Did you sing God Bless America, either to yourself our out loud as you were getting ready to land? It may have ran through my head numerous times on my flight home. I hope you get your luggage soon, what a bummer. Oh, and glad you semi got to experience business class. :)
ReplyDeleteFun! I wish I could come see you! My family and I are going to Denver, so we will hopefully be going to the zoo! I am so excited!
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