Viva la Furia Roja! A Trip Report - Prague, Poland, and Dresden 6/7-6/21 About This Page:

[Ashli]

I'm sorry to have seemingly fallen off the planet and not finished up! I got into my Olympics stupor and cannot apparently function outside of it very well. LOL


Day 15 - Thursday, June 21, 2012: So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye

We got up, checked out of the hotel, and walked across the street to the airport. We checked in for our flight and Kyle grabbed a breakfast sandwich at McDonald's. I felt like absolute crap, my cold had come on strong, so I just wanted to get on the plane and pass out. I had brought some cold meds with me just in case, so I took them with the hope that they would keep the take-off and landings from killing my ears and sinuses too much. It was finally time to board and it was a very easy and on-time process. Our first flight was just a small one to Paris. I slept through the entire thing, so I don't have any idea if they gave out drinks or a small breakfast or anything. Just as we were about to land in Paris, Kyle woke me up to point out the Eiffel Tower that he could see out the window. I had just been in Paris a month earlier, but I was really excited for him because he'd never been there before and thus this was his first time actually seeing the Tower in person.

We landed in Paris and de-planed. We only had a layover of just over an hour so I was a little worried because CDG airport is a mess. Fortunately, despite how long the security line looked, it actually only took about 20 minutes. We were at our gate about 15 minutes before boarding was to begin. It took quite a while to board (as it usually does with such a large plane), but we still took off just about on time. With this ascent, my ears were starting to get pretty angry at my cold and it wasn't feeling too good. I had about another hour before I could take more medicine, so I just gritted it out, then took some more. Once again, I passed out, and slept almost the entire way. I woke up about 2 hours before landing and watched Groundhog's Day on the monitor in the seat in front of me. I was really dreading the descent because I knew my ears were not going to be happy. It was not pleasant, and I was thrilled when we finally touched down in Atlanta. I was seriously considering renting a car and just driving the 4 hours to Savannah instead of taking that last flight. Every take off and landing was getting worse and worse with my sinus pressure.

We had quite a long layover in Atlanta - over 2 hours - so that was plenty of time to go through customs and get our bags and recheck them then get back through security. We got to our next gate and I promptly laid down across the chairs and fell asleep again. (Can you tell that cold medicine knocks me out? ) Before I knew it, it was time to board yet another plane (our final one, fortunately), and we got on. This plane ride was an absolute nightmare, as my ears felt like they were being stabbed by a knife as soon as we started taking off, and the feeling didn't stop until we landed in Savannah. True, it's only about a 40 minute flight, but 40 minutes of waiting for your head to explode or to start bleeding out your ears is too much. Kyle felt bad, but there was nothing really that he could do. When we finally got to Savannah and got off the plane I was DONE. We got our bags quickly and my sister was right there to pick us up fortunately. It was such a painful, sucky ending to what had been a really great trip. I am seriously waiting for the day when someone invents teleportation!!!



Thank you so much to everyone who followed along with my TR and all of your great comments. I loved this trip and if anyone is planning anything to the places I visited in the future, please don't hesitate if you have any questions. I hope you'll all be back for - wait for it - BRAZIL 2014!!

[OneLittleSpark]

Ugh, sorry you had such trouble with your ears and sinuses on the way home. That sounds like torture the last flight! Glad you made it home.

Thanks for sharing your trip with us! I look forward to the next one. Though I most look forward to your November 2012 WDW trip! Haha!

[Colexis Mom]

Sorry about the trouble with your ears! Not a fun way to end the trip! Thanks so much for taking us along for the ride!

[chezp]

So sorry you had such a miserable flight back. I so hear you about the Olympics - there isn't much else happening in our house apart from that!

[KMB733]

Sorry about the sinus pressure on your flights back home. Thank you for sharing your trip with us!!!

PS: I hear you about the Olympics! I don't think I've watched or done much else for the last week!

[Principessa_di_Fata]

The Olympics has dominated our household, too! It's all that's on our TV. I don't want to say that I'll be glad for them to end... but... I do have to sort of admit that it's exhausting being reeled into the games until 11pm or later every night!!! LOL!

Loved reading the last few updates (again, I fell behind). I love that you got so close to the lemurs, but I'm honestly shocked that they'd let you. Do you think you'd have been able to touch them? Did anyone try, I wonder? I'm not sure I would want to try, but at the same time... lol...

I'm sorry about your awful flights home - especially the last one with the stabbing pain. Been there, done that. So sorry, but I'm glad it's over. And I can't wait for Brazil 2014!! LOL!

[Ashli]

Originally Posted by Principessa_di_Fata

Loved reading the last few updates (again, I fell behind). I love that you got so close to the lemurs, but I'm honestly shocked that they'd let you. Do you think you'd have been able to touch them? Did anyone try, I wonder? I'm not sure I would want to try, but at the same time... lol...

I have to say I was surprised too. When I saw the first one climbing on the fence I was all worried it had gotten out of its enclosure and was trying to find someone to tell. Then I realized there were like three zookeepers in there and they didn't look alarmed, and then I saw all of the other lemurs out too. I don't think the zookeepers would have let anyone touch them...they were keeping a pretty good eye out. I can't say that I would have tried though because I'm not a little monkey-type animal person. Let me hug a gorilla, I'm in! But touch a little one with the creepy tail...no thanks.

[DisneyDana]

Originally Posted by Ashli

I have to say I was surprised too. When I saw the first one climbing on the fence I was all worried it had gotten out of its enclosure and was trying to find someone to tell. Then I realized there were like three zookeepers in there and they didn't look alarmed, and then I saw all of the other lemurs out too. I don't think the zookeepers would have let anyone touch them...they were keeping a pretty good eye out. I can't say that I would have tried though because I'm not a little monkey-type animal person. Let me hug a gorilla, I'm in! But touch a little one with the creepy tail...no thanks.

I was sitting here thinking "that's the strangest thing I've ever heard her say." and then I remembered that you don't like monkeys....so it's still strange. lol

[pamcarey]

Finally got a chance to finish this fabulous TR! I so enjoyed reading about your adventures! I never thought that Prague was someplace that I would want to visit, but it does look like a beautiful place! Thanks for sharing, and I'm definitely looking forward to your Brazil TR!

[Ashli]

Originally Posted by pamcarey

Finally got a chance to finish this fabulous TR! I so enjoyed reading about your adventures! I never thought that Prague was someplace that I would want to visit, but it does look like a beautiful place! Thanks for sharing, and I'm definitely looking forward to your Brazil TR!

Thanks for reading!! Prague is truly a hidden gem.