The Second Thing That Went Wrong

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So I've had another hiccup in my journey, and this one was a little bigger. I woke up to find that my 9:45 am flight from Austin to Dallas had been delayed until 11 am, meaning that would miss my connecting flight to JFK, and thus to Rome. Awesome. Thanks, American.

I headed to the airport anyway, in hopes of speaking to someone at the desk, but it turned out to be a big clusterf*%#. It turns out that everyone else who was on my flight was going to miss their connecting flights, too. No pictures of this, since I didn't want to be taken in for questioning.

Luckily I was able to get a hold of someone at American on the phone while I was waiting in line. So now I'm leaving here 7 hours later than planned and arriving in Rome about 10 hours later. On the bright side, I get to sit in Heathrow for 3 hours tomorrow.

I guess the optimist in me should look at this as one more day in Austin instead of one less day in Rome. At least I can go pick up an iPod charger. Eh, that's really not much of a consolation prize.

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Photos

3/4 shot
This one's for the ladies.

Comments

[mom and dad]

Hi Rish, We have been thinking about you-hope you are enjoying your day in rome. Glad that we will be able to keep up with you through this blog. Take care. Love you! Mom and Dad

[Mom & Dad]

How much does your backpack weigh? Did you reach Rome safely?