After the craziness of our pack out and the heartbreak of
saying goodbye, I thought the rest would be a piece of cake… Note to self, when
moving to a foreign country and flying internationally for the first time –
never be so smug as to think it will be completely smooth sailing.
Our flight out of Atlanta left at 6:00pm. So Thursday
morning we slept in (mistake #1) and went out for brunch. We then headed back
to the room to quickly dress for our trip and get everything in its proper
place.
And we were off
The International concourse was amazing. Our flight was
delayed a bit, so we got to spend a little extra time soaking it all in.
8.5 hour flights are LONG and SQUISHED. There was no way to
sleep, as I’d hoped so we watched movies and ate. They gave us quite a bit of
food.
Several dinner options
Even a continental breakfast
2:30 Georgia time / 7:30 London time we arrived in London.
We must have been running on pure adrenaline because we took a bus to our
terminal and exchanged some US dollars for Pounds and kept smiles the entire
time.
We then got on Polish airlines and took our last leg of the
journey.
All of the flying paid off when we got our first look at our home for the next 3 years.
We arrived in Warsaw at 9:00am Georgia time and 2:00 Warsaw
time. Jason’s coworker met us and our ton of luggage and took us to our
permanent house. She had to get back to the embassy quickly so we were soon
left alone with no idea where we were and no Polish money.
This is really when the adventure began! By the end of the
day we had found a bank and exchanged our money and found a mall with a grocery
store. We were proud of ourselves for figuring it all out and staying awake
until bedtime. We even found pizza and FroYo for dinner! We were also
introduced to a very new way of life for us – In Europe people walk everywhere!
In the US I struggled to walk 5,000 steps a day and could
only make 10,000 if it was a run day. Here I average about 15,000 or more!
There is so much more to the adventure, but it will have to
wait for another day.
Dzien Dobry from Poland…
4 comments:
Cannot wait for more! Pictures please!
So awesome! Thanks for sharing! Can't wait for more pics and updates!
Thank you for sharing your adventure(life) with us...so awesome!!
Hope everything goes well for you. I,ve experianced that flight12 times now, so I know how you feel. I<m anxious to hear your about your experiance while your there. Have fun and enjoy
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