G.O. Team Namibia 2007

Try, Try Again

Greetings All!

It is 7:45AM in Paris. Do you know where your loved ones are? I do. We're back at the gate, looking at an airplane and hoping we'll soon see the world from the inside of it.

The news is: We are flight AF332A, scheduled to arrive at Logan around 10:50AM.

The team is in pretty good spirits this morning. We're laughing about this now. Last night was very trying. We're learning to swear in French, as there were many angry passengers last night. This was as close to getting out of control as I've ever experienced in a crowd. People were shouting in French and English, "You're liars! Tell us the truth!"... and that's the stuff I can print here. Trust me, that was the kind language. So, those of you wondering about your kids, we're getting quite a cultural lesson!

The airline finally got us to a hotel (a nice one at that) by about midnight. We had to be on buses back to the airport at 6:30AM. Some of us got a few hours of sleep and a shower, so that's helping our mood a bit this morning.

We do look forward to seeing you all very soon.

And, Shari... I love you more.

3 comments:

germaine said...

ummm... ever seen the movie "Terminal"? I haven't, but I am sure the feeling is much like this.

Rumor has it we are delayed another hour... we'll keep you posted...

Our spirits are pretty good, the team is laughing at the insanity... I can not say the same for the rest of the people that are supposed to be on the plane.

Love ~G

Anonymous said...

Bonjour! Still in France. Terminal 2E gate 61 is our new home. SUPPOSED to be leaving at 10am and boarding in half hour. Quite the commotion here, almost a small riot with people being taken out by security I think. See you at noon maybe??? haha.
Love, Christine

Anonymous said...

Hi everyone,

The Air France website now says 11:59am. Germaine texted me at 4:30 in the morning and said "see you in 7ish hours". So that would be close to the posted new time. See you there!


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