Today was really an early one. Bags downstairs ready to go at 6:30 AM and then a quick pass through the breakfast line. Load the coach and we are off to Malpensa Airport. At this hour the traffic was really light, yippee. Then as we approached the Autostrada, unbelievable congestion. Fortunately our driver seemed to know the back roads and we made it to the airport with plenty of time before scheduled departure. Well, better early than late. Going through security we got to the departure gate only to find the plane was delayed. And with a short 45 minute layover scheduled in Dusseldorf we were understandably nervous. Finally we board for the short (1.5 hour) flight.
Arriving at Dusseldorf some of us quickly go through passport control and run to the departure gate in the hopes of convincing Air Berlin to delay the flight to JFK long enough for the rest of the group to make it. No problem - the flight has also been delayed at least an hour. Actually, we finally departed for the US two hours late. Flight was pretty smooth except for some heavy chop over Newfoundland. The only thing marring the flight was the loss of a couple of our suitcases. Birnie bus was waiting for us and we finally arrived in Utica at 11:30 PM. We had been up for about 24 hours. Great to be home!
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