This trip has officially started out with a bang! Right when
I am checking my suitcase at the Asheville Airport I get a call from Delta
telling me that my flight to Paris is cancelled due to a snowstorm! What the what?! So the very nice people at
the Delta station in Asheville re-book my flight so that I am flying into
Amsterdam instead of Paris, and then from Amsterdam to Rome to Florence. Whew.
But I mean, I am just ready to go, so Mom and I are like let’s just do it.
Then with a hasty and a little teary-eyed goodbye from Mom,
I am off to Atlanta! At this point it
kind of hit me that I was traveling alone.
It was a little weird, but empowering at the same time. I mean I have traveled by myself before, but
this is like international people. This
is a big deal we are talking about. So
on the flight down to ATL I sit next to a young hipster man who works at a
record shop in Downtown Asheville. We
chatted about our travels, and he was going to his grandfather’s funeral up in
Michigan. Sad I know, but he said that
his grandfather had Alzimers for about 10 years so it was time. Anyway, now we are friends on Facebook haha,
the true sign of friendship.
Upon arriving in Atlanta, approximately around 4:50, I had
to make my way over to the international terminal, which is veryyyyy nice. I had forgotten I was there last spring break
for Jamaica, so I actually knew my way around pretty dang well. Anyway, I found my gate for Amsterdam and
found a seat next to a plug and made myself comfortable because my flight had
been moved back until Midnight! Talk
about straight chillin. Then as I am
working away at downloading a new book, a girl behind me asks if I am going to
Paris. I tell her that I was before, but
that my flight had been changed to Amsterdam.
Then we got to chatting and turns out that she is going to be studying
yoga in India for a semester! Legit right?
Then we made the ultimate bond when she asked me if I would watch her
stuff. That is friendship people. From then on I went to the bathroom, she went
to the bathroom, and we didn’t have to lug our stuff around. When it came around 8:30, people started
saying that the Paris flight was back on, and it’s a long story, but my flights
were changed back to my original route of Atlanta to Paris to Florence. Hallelujah!
That meant my flight was leaving at 10:15 instead of 12, and I could
make my way to Europe! Sam, my new yoga
studying friend, was going to be on my flight but it turned out that her flight
from Paris to India was cancelled, so we had to say our goodbyes at the
gate. But now we are Facebook official
too haha!
I have to say that AirFrance is probably one of my new
favorite airlines just because they greet you with a “Bonjour”… not to mention
the flight attendant looked like Ben Afflack.
Yes, I would like some sugar with my coffee haha. There was a full dinner served, and it was definitely
one of the better in-flight meals I have had.
Smoked salmon, brie, pasta, banana chocolate torte, finished up with
coffee or tea. Yes, I think Europe and I
are going to get along just fine haha.
After dinner I brushed my teeth, got out the neck pillow and eye mask ,
and took a Benadryl. Out like a light
people. I woke up with an hour to go,
and watched as we descended with the falling snow.
Now I’m in romantic Paris waiting for my flight to
Florence. Hanging out in the terminal
has been nothing short of boring. The
people watching here is phenomenal; I swear people are just plain cray,
especially in airports. But I have loved
seeing what everyone is wearing; I think that is my favorite part. The men are
all wearing scarves and leather shoes, and the women are in tall boots with
huge purses decorated from head to toe. Not
only are the people great, but the food is so fancy! Espresso, quiche, pastrys,
sparkling water, can it get any better?
I had a café latte and ensalada quiche for lunch, and I shared a table
with the nicest man who had just arrived from Dubai. Sadly we did not become huge pals seeing as
we are not Facebook friends haha.
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| Ready for takeoff |
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| Snow covered Paris! |
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| Check out the bathroom in Paris! |
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| Ze in-flight meal |
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| First sighting of Italia! |
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