Hi friends!
We are finally here in Sofia, Bulgaria! Jordi, Dylan and I are so happy to be here with our Mom! The journey here went pretty smoothly (sort of.) We left out of LAX early on December 12, 2006 and flew to San Francisco in order to change planes. It went well until we de-boarded and found out the 777 plane we had to get on in order to fly to Heathrow Airport in London was about to leave! They escorted us in a full-on sprint to the gate and we made it just in time. The looks on the other passengers' faces were priceless...they were so mad that the plane had been held for 3 adolescents and a smelly Indian dude! It was ok though...we had made the flight! We took off and were flying for about 45 minutes before they told us they couldn't fix a glitch that prevented movies from being played. Such a bummer for an 11 hour flight! The monitors eventually came on though and the three of us were stoked that Superbad was playing. If you ever get the chance to watch this movie, it is fucking hilarious! So classic. Like Dumb and Dumber classic.
I have these amazing headphones that are made by Bose that block out external sounds, including the loud airplane. They helped me to sleep so well on the flight! But my stupid ass lost the jack that connects the headphones to my iPod halfway through the flight. How the hell do you lose something on an airplane?!? You should have seen Jordi and I on the floor with our little flashlights with 2 stewardesses (ahem. I'm sorry. "Flight attendants.") looking for this damn cord! It was gone though. We even stayed on the plane after everyone deboarded to look but couldn't find it. At least they have Bose stores all over the world. And luckily, you don't need the cord in order to activate the noise-blocking feature, so I was still a happy camper. The food on the flight was super nasty, but what can you do? All in all it was a great flight.
When we arrived at Heathrow airport in London, we freshened up in the "loo" and looked for some decent food. Unfortunately we didn't have enough time to even do that, as our flight to Munich, Germany was starting to board. We got on that plane starving, but we were sooo excited to get to our Mom that the hunger pains weren't bad. They tried to serve us this "snack" in the form of a half sandwich with mayo and cheese, and we said "no, thanks!" I'm sure Anna remembers that scary airplane food in Germany. Yikes! From now on, I am definitely bringing food on the planes!
We finally get to Munich and had to rush to the next gate for our final flight. We get to security and the assholes tell Dylan he can't bring his skateboard on the plane. WTF? He got all the way to freakin Germany and they're just telling us now that he can't have it? I could have killed more people with the grody cheese sandwich than the damn skateboard! You should have seen the three of us! We caused the hugest scene! Jordi and I first tried the tears ("We can't fly without our brother! We came all this way together!") and when they wouldn't budge, the 3 of us started yelling at the security ("This is bullshit! We've come all this way! What the hell is he gonna do with a damn skateboard?!?) But to no avail. I know arguing with security is not the most proper way to handle things, but we were tired, hungry and irritable. We just wanted to see our Mom. So Dylan had to end up checking the skateboard and get a later flight out. Jordi and I were upset, but we got on our plane anyways. Again, the cheese sandwiches. How can those flight attendants smile when handing those to you? Are they smiling cuz they have pizza in the back and they know how disgusting these are?
We arrived to find out luggage was safe and sound (thank God!) and found that our mama was waiting right outside for us! The tearful reunion made the days' drama so worth it. Dylan arrived later and everything was back on track. It is freezing here in Sofia, but I don't care. We are here with our Mom and everything is perfect.
