We made it!

Yup, we made it. And boy was it a loooooooong trip getting here. The 747 to Frankfurt wasn't the most comfortable in the world (as I was told to expect), but it did the job just fine. I was fairly tired from lack of sleep the past few nights, so I was hoping to get some sleep on the flight. Unfortunately, that only happened in spurts (partly due to me not being able to sleep on a plane and partly due to some rowdy passengers next to me). But, the food was pretty decent, at least as far as airplane food goes. And I'm glad I brought my iPod with me so I had something to listen to, as the movie selection really did nothing for me. Go figure. :)

As Kim pointed out, I packed the least of everyone. 1 carry-on and one small bag for the camera, that's it. And in that carry-on, I managed to fit a week's worth of clothes, my laptop, most of my materials to prep for the lesson I need to work on after this and my toiletries. Not too bad for the small bag I have.

So, the first stop was Frankfurt. This meant we were on the above-mentioned 747 for 10 hrs. roughly. Yeouch! So, we arrived in Frankfurt at 9:45-ish their time, 12:45-ish CA time. So, we get off, ride the airbus to the terminal, go through customs (the guy snickered at my brand-new passport :) ), go back through security and get on the second plane. This one takes us to Munich...a whopping 1 hr. flight, if that. I believe it was something like 186 miles away. Real short flight. Munich was a breeze and we get on our last plane, this time going to Sibiu, Romania. By far, this was the smallest plane I had ever been on. It wasn't a turbo-prop, but it wasn't much bigger. So, after a couple hrs. of being on the last plane, we made it in to Sibiu, our final destination.

First up was customs. My nice-and-shiny new passport didn't want to work with their machines, so that meant a slight delay. Oh well, it happens. Then was getting the rest of the luggage. Again, no real biggie for me. However, I'd like to note that Pastor Rich had to explain his bags to security...go figure. :P Anyways, we were greeted by some members of the Betania church, where we are currently staying right now. They took most of our luggage for us, loaded us up in 2 cars and took us here. And the driver was nice enough to slow down or stay stopped for a few seconds at times to let me get some (hopefully) good pictures in. :D

So, now I need to get my message together for tomorrow's family camp. Until tomorrow night everyone, take it easy and I'll talk to you soon. Much love for you all.

- Steve
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