....and Delayed.

Just when we all though things couldn't get any worse, we had to be re-routed through Chicago O'Hare. Anyways, after having gotten up on Monday at 5.45am Germany Time in order to have breakfast and make the shuttle to the airport, we got on to our first flight with no major hiccups. Well, actually with one. For some reason, both Ashley and Arelis were able to get boarding passes for the second flight from Chicago to Charleston whereas i wasn't which meant extra hassle when we got to Chicago and we had a particularly close connection. As it happened, it turned out not to be a problem. We got to Chicago some 10-15 mins late, and made it through Borders and Customs with no real problem. Collecting our bags, we went off for Ashley to check her bags on to the next flight and me to sort out boarding passes (Arelis ended up going through extra customs checks), we found our flight was delayed a couple of hours. Joy. I sorted out my bags and pass, and off we went to the gate (where we caught up with Arelis). Suffice to say, Ashley and I wandered off to get some food and have a large glass of wine!

ANyway, the time for boarding came. We got on the plane, it got de-iced, then had to be jump started, then had to be de-iced again (cause it took too long to jump start and the deicer had worn off). We pulled back from the gate and sat there for about 10 minutes, only to be told there was a problem with the plane and we had to go back to the gate. At this point, a woman on board demanded to be left off and wanted her luggage back so we all got off the plane for 45 mins, then got back on (at which point the snow and wind had gotten worse) and, you guessed it, the flight was cancelled again. Severely pissed off at this point, the three of us managed to get seats on the later flights (an hour after) and, fortunately, the snow had eased off some. Even so, we finally took off an hour later (9.00pm CHicago Time) and got back to Charleston at 12.05am early Tuesday Morning. I can't remember that flight much cause i passed out. Anyways, we FINALLY made it back after some 49 hours of travel. I don't think i've ever had anything like that happen to me and, y'know, i could do without it again any time soon!!