Once we arrived in Germany, we quickly realized what the 3 hour delay in Chicago cost us. There was a group of about 15 of us that flew together from Chicago to Munich, but that was the end of our travelling together. When we got to the Lufthansa desk , they told us that the primary direct flight to Timisoara, Romania was overbooked and we were not able to all get on that flight together. So, Vicki Ingrassia (the wife of our team leader, Sam Ingrassia, who was already in Timisoara) worked tirelessly with the ticket counter attendant to get us some connections that would work to get us to Timisoara.
Our group of 15 ended up being splintered into 2 groups. One larger group that was able to get on a later flight to Milan, Italy that then had a late night connecting flight to Timisoara. The second smaller group included Vicki, another campaigner Donald (from South Carolina), Lauren & myself. The four of us would spend the night in Munich (courtesy of Lufthansa) and then take two separate flights out on Sunday. Vicki & Donald would leave Sunday morning on a flight that had one connection prior to making it to Timisoara. Lauren and I would not leave Munich until 8PM Sunday night, but get to fly directly to Timisoara.
Do you have tired-head yet? We did for sure! However, thankfully, we were all taken care of and all (eventually) made it to the final destination of Timisoara.
We were able to get our luggage and get on a shuttle that took us to our hotel (Aribelle Sheraton) on the outskirts of town by the airport. We had a much needed shower, dinner and took a walk through the small village area near the hotel. We came upon a playground and played on the swing, merry-go-round and tetter-totter. Eventually, we made it back to the hotel and called it a night.
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