And so the story comes to an end...

We woke at at 6:15AM Poland-time, grabbed breakfast and headed to the airport for our departure from Poland...

Well, as the story of life would have it, our flight was delayed by about an hour and twenty minutes because of a morning strike that prevented our flights arrival.

We then made way to Frankfurt Germany and touched down at 1:45 for our 1:40 departure for Philadelphia. Needless to say, we didn't quite make it on that flight. After a good two hours in Frankfurt where the plans began with spending the night in Frankfurt and led to a few breakdowns, our determination went through and we found out at 4PM that we would be boarding a flight to Philadelphia via Chicago that left at 5:15. We ran through that airport (guided by the best Lufthansa ticket desk clerk ever) found our luggage and re-checked it and made our way through security to find that our flight was delayed by 30 minutes.

In those 30 minutes we made contact with the incredible Mrs. Snyder here at EC who booked us a bus that would drive us from Philadelphia to Elmira.

The 30 minute delay then put is into Chicago late (after an 8.5 hour flight), and gave us a little less than one hour to make it through all the customs offices, re-check our bags, and get to our gate. So, onward we ran again and we made our way through passport control, found our luggage, and proceeded through customs in less that 45 minutes (near record time?). We arrived at our plane to Philadelphia about 5 minutes before boarding began and made it on board.

We landed in Philadelphia at 11:45, found our bus, and hit the road to Elmira at about 1AM. We rolled into the Tower's parking lot at 5AM this morning.

Moral of this story: Where there is a will, there is a way.

Note from author: If ever you come across the Lufthansa ticket clerk, and Mrs. Snyder, be sure to thank them for their help in our safe return :).

-Over and Out (for the last time)
Jeremy


P.S. Life is always an adventure, eh?