This picture was taken in the airport in Amsterdam as we were leaving for the US.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
We had an early start this morning with a 4:30AM alarm. We left for the airport by cab at 5:10 for a 7:00 flight. Turned out that the 7:00 flight has been discontinued and we were instead on a 7:40 flight...wish we had known that...we could have slept a little longer. There is a long story attached to why we didn't know that. No harm done though.
We got to Amsterdam and breezed through passport control and customs and then rechecked our bags with Northwest. We had about an hour and a half to kill and so we shopped in the shops in the airport...we had to buy wooden shoes! Eleanor finally spent a little money on herself too.
The flight to the US was long! That is about all I can say. We got to Hartford about half an hour late and stood in the long passport control line after standing in the long line for the ladies room. They waved us through customs though which was good.
We stood in a really long security line in Hartford and each of us got singled out for hand inspection...go figure...we've been through 2 other countries today and it is CT that checks us by hand! Border patrol even waved us by! They did have an interesting machine we had to stand in which blew puffs of air (I'm wearing a skirt). We also went through the normal metal detector machine. I'm not sure what the puff of air machine does but it was interesting. (Update: a friend said it checks for drug residue and explosives residue--since we came from Amsterdam, I guess it makes sense they would check for the drug residue!)
We are scheduled to arrive in Birmingham at 10:30 tonight which will put us right at 24 hours of travel. We are both very weary now as we wait for our delayed connection to Atlanta. We have a couple hours in Atlanta so hopefully we will make it!
....We both napped on this connection. I also got my toe crunched. I had stretched into the aisle a little and someone stepped on my foot on their way to the restroom. It smarted for a little while.
Made it to Atlanta and I have talked with my husband, my mother in law and father in law, my dad and my daughters...it is nice not to worry about the cost of the cell connection again. The chairs at the gate here are quite comfy and have footrests as well. Quite traveller friendly...which is a nice touch for Atlanta. Anyone who has to travel through Atlanta knows what I mean by that!
I am going to go ahead and send now. They will board us in about 20 minutes for this flight.
Kellye and Eleanor
P.S. We got into Birmingham about 11PM. By the time we got to bed, it was about a 26 hour day for us...whew!
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