My Brazilian study abroad program starts on the 28th of August and wants the students checked into the hotel by 8PM. I flew from SFO to Houston, TX, made the connection to get to São Paulo and got to Brazil the 28th of August. Originally, I was supposed to arrive in Salvador, my final destination by 1PM. Unfortunately, there was fog in São Paulo that forced the shutdown of the airport, after circling in the air for 40 minutes hoping the conditions will improve...it didn't, and we were forced to land in Rio de Janeiro to refuel. After that, we were stuck in a line to take off to São Paulo for 3 hours. We got there around 2PM, which meant that I missed my original connection and Continental booked me for another one around 2:30PM,
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