The End

I am safely back in the states! My flights did not go smoothly, but I did make them, so thanks for your prayers. It was at the JFK layover that I had some snags. I found out, after having already re-checked my bags and having gone through security to my gate, that my boarding pass was invalid (something that none of the previous airports had caught, including when I re-checked my luggage at JFK). Back in August I discovered that my Paris-Newark flight had been canceled; I was told to wait and Delta would re-assign me a flight, which they did in November. The new flight put me from Paris to JFK and then from JFK to STL. While they did book me a flight from JFK to STL (my previous one being from Newark to STL) they didn't actually buy me a ticket. I only found this out after reaching JFK. Initially, Delta wouldn't swap me a flight onto the JFK-STL flight because my original (Newark-STL) had been through Continental. However, after I explained to them that the original switch from had been there own doing, they realized it was their fault and were quick to get me a ticket to the flight my baggage was already on. :) If you followed that, then good. All in all - I was looking forward to my 5 hour layover at JFK to relax, call some friends, and rest. Instead, I spent 4 hours of it going through customs and jumping all over the airport, back and forth, waiting in lines, to fix my ticket problem. I've never been so glad to pass through the gate onto the airplane before in my life.

It's good to be home again. I'm still a little out of the swing of things, but I look forward to getting into a schedule and hopefully finding a job for this semester. I look forward to the Christmas season approaching and to catching up with friends and family.

Thanks for following my blog! This'll be my last post as my time in Germany has ended. I've enjoyed journaling on here and sharing my experiences with you. Thanks for reading and commenting. And...Merry Christmas!