Return

The alarm went off too soon this morning. G and I took our time getting to the airport, and I checked in fairly early.  We spent extra time on the observation deck at Schiphol together. It helped a little to watch the planes. I saw the gate and runway I…

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Land Ho

I flew out on September 2 with KLM again. My flight went very smoothly, minus the flight attendant making me check the roller bag. The flight was very full from the beginning, and even check-in 30 hours ahead left very few seats. I acquired an Economy Plus seat with 10cm/4in…

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Another Trip

My favorite time of the year has arrived: when I visit G. I made the effort to make this trip for his birthday. It will be the first time I am there to celebrate with him. I only have enough leave for nine days off. which is fairly short. Time…

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Home again

It was hard getting out of bed this morning. G and I didn’t spend a huge amount of time saying goodbye in the house, it would’ve made it harder. I was packed fairly quickly, and G’s dad was nice enough to pick up breakfast interim. The ride to the airport…

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Busy Start

Friday introduced the beginning of my fourth trip to the Netherlands to see my boyfriend. Thursday ended with a bang, involving a late night phone call, middle of the night packing, one hour of sleep, a final exam, so on and so forth. After working for six hours, I hit…

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Fly Away

I have made it safely to G’s house after a sixteen hour commute from Chicago O’Hare to Schiphol Amsterdam. Today is my twenty-third birthday, and I spent seven hours of it at Heathrow Airport. Luckily I managed to conjure up internet and power to keep my laptop and brain going…

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New Year New Plans

It’s a new year, and I have a lot of new plans! I have a full time job now with the Social Security Administration. So that means no very long extended trips. However, I do have a wonderful trip coming up in two weeks. I am going to visit G in…

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Roadtrip

This morning we left at 10:30 am and picked up miles quickly on the road. Before we noticed it, we were in Ohio. It seemed like we were there forever. We ran into traffic around Cleveland and were slowed down for an hour or so. Along the way we finally…

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Friend

AY arrived today in Chicago! She flew from California to Midway Airport in Chicago and got here tonight. We went afterwards to Blackie’s restaurant and shared a Garbage Salad. We went shopping and picked up some stuff for our trip at Dominick’s too. We went to bed at a decent…

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Home

I made it home safely yesterday. My flight was a total of eight hours. It seemed somewhat short, though sitting in the airport itself was torture. I was stuck next to someone in the seat, but I was thankfully asleep most of the time. We must’ve had one of Aerlingus’…

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