First blog post in the states!

 

This was the longest day of our trip! Most of the group tried to pull an all nighter to stay up for our first flight at 6:40 AM. People were hanging out in the lounge, playing pool, watching sports, and trying to have as much caffeine as possible without crashing.

Once (most of us) successfully stayed up till 3:00, we met in the lobby and headed out to the airport! People were definitely feeling the lack of sleep on the bus, including Erik, who dropped all of his yogurt on the bus chair…

We made it to the first airport, got through check-in and had to say our goodbyes to Claudio. The group had a great month with him, it was sad to say bye.

Flight #1 was just a quick jump over to Amsterdam where our long flight to the Twin Cities was departing from at 12:10 PM. We had a layover there for a couple of hours and some people were beginning to crash, but we managed to get our final group Tommie Family photo.

Not much to say about the flight other than that it was long, there were babies crying, and there was free food. Once we landed in MSP, we all got our stuff and said our goodbyes! Definitely a bittersweet feeling. Such a good bunch of people with so many unforgettable memories.

 

Thank you to all the lovely people who I got to spend this with 🙂

CIAO

– Taye Walls