PSchiavelli

Greetings from Dubrovnik! I hope all the week 1 kids made it home safe and sound, and that you’re all enjoying the beginning of hell week – I know how much you were all looking forward to it. Day 7: The travel day actually went blissfully without incident (at least on our end – I haven’t heard anything from the other group but can only assume that’s a good thing). We all woke up at an early but reasonable time (7:00), got some breakfast, and hit the road. We were in the airport by 9:15, which gave us an hour to kill before the first group had to go through security and the second group was to get picked up. The kids killed time in the expected ways: playing cell phone games, exchanging money, and thumbing ... read more

Hey all, First of all, sorry for the delay before my first post. As you all know, the first two days were a bit more eventful than I think any of us wanted (thank you, Lufthansa). We’ll start from the beginning. August 8th was sacrificed to the travel gods and spent doing the most mind-numbing tasks available. The most common ways the kids killed the time: watching classics such as Thor, Kung Fu Panda 2, and Fast Five; playing games on the myriad iPhones; and -- as we approached hours 7, 8, 9 -- loitering in the aisles (they were like crows to a field: we’d shoo them back to their seats, but then as soon as we’d turn our backs, there they’d be again, lingering in the walkways and hovering over chairs). There was also ... read more