that, folks, is the million dollar question. And right now its not looking so good... They were supposed to arrive yesterday at one.. but due to some storms on the east coast, their dayton-philly leg was delayed, causing them to miss the take off for their philly-oslo leg. That delayed their whole trip a day. It sounds like the folks at the dayton airport were pretty helpful, getting them new tickets for a day later.. the rental car folks were not so nice or helpful, charging an exorbitent price for a day later pickup. what, have airport rental companies never had to deal with plane delays?
So, attempt #2 at the dayton airport was last night. The plane to philly had a "technical difficulty". My poor frustrated parents, by this time, i'm sure, were ready to shoot somebody. they were re-routed to new york (laguardia), where they had to find ground transport to JFK during rush hour traffic, get new tickets, re-check their baggage, go through security again, to finally hop a 9 pm flight to frankfurt. From frankfurt they get on another plane to Oslo, then another to Trondheim. Shew! and then, maybe, just maybe, they'll be here.... we'll see. today was supposed to be their day to relax and check out trondheim before we embark on a 4 day norwegian driving tour of the fjords. Unfortunately, they'll get one good night's sleep and then it's back to traveling again!
I'm looking forward to seeing them - when they finally arrive. :) we have plans to see geirangerfjord, the jostdalbreen glacier, drive the trollstigen, and do a train ride down the mountainside from flam to valdal.. I should have some great pictures of the countryside!
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Your poor parents, but it sounds like you will have fun once they get there! Tell them I said hello!
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a travelling nightmare. Your poor parents!
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