again it's that time of the year. I went traveling with my bf to the Middle East this time! So adventurous! I could never have done such a thing by myself or even with my friends. It's truly a thing I do because my bf gives me the strength and motivation to. However I am at my limit - I don't like traveling so adventurously, I am more interested in checking everything out once and move on. I already feel like exotic adventurous travel destinations are getting to be too much for me. I only go because it's a great way to learn about each other, but also because I want him to think I am an adventurous person like him, and that I am open minded and up for anything. I want to be that cool girl, that's why. I wonder if it's ok to show him my uncool self...will he still love me？
Anyhow we went to Jordan - wadi rum, Petra, Aqaba, amman, dead sea. So beautiful this country, such wonderful people. Really loved Petra and learnt to recalibrate distances and what we can and cannot do...even got to sneak into amman citadel because we were so up for taking the back roads, the path less traveled! We also went to Cairo, Egypt and Jerusalem, Israel. Saw so much and learnt so much about the world and myself. And about him. I am humbled by how ignorant and naive I am, and learnt the complexity of humans and countries and politics. I only hope he doesn't think me too dumb :(
On the way back to the U.S., I had a layover at Frankfurt. I fell asleep at these cool chairs in Frankfurt airport. Perfect for sleeping because my legs can be raised to chest level, which is crucial for good sleep. Anyway while sleeping at the airport with lots of ppl walking past and disturbing me -yes that was an experience in itself-, I dreamt that I went to my gate and somehow the flight became earlier but now it's going to Houston and not dc anymore!!! I was so irritated because there's no flight to dc and I can't get home. I was thinking about whether I could go Houston and stay there then fly to work directly but I don't have any work clothes and stuff humph. And I was hungry so I dreamt there was kfc, McDonald's and Carl's jr. They all sold crepes and ice creams and sprinkles (these are the unfulfilled desires in Jerusalem where we didn't get to eat crepes), so I was choosing McDonald's for its joy berries and ice cream and crepe and sprinkle combo. It's got to be a pair combo though, so I was convincing some random guy to buy the combo with me. Hmm. And they sold soup noodles too, from size medium to size xl, which was hugeeeee like half the size of the table. Odd.
Then a kid cried near me and I woke up. Decided crying is annoying and I shouldn't cry where possible. It annoys people and make you unhappy. No good. And wifi in Frankfurt airport required registering and they send a passcode to my email. No wifi how to check email!!! What a joke, it's a catch 22...
Then for my Frankfurt to dc flight, it was overbooked so they were giving out 600 dollar travel certificates for people to give up their seats. I did that since I had time, didn't need to be back in dc asap, and it's 600 yo! I got rerouted through Boston then to dc, and here begins my airport "hitchhiking" experience! It was so tiring though, going through line after line, service desk after service desk, each leg of my flight required talking to at least 3 different people about my situation, which got so repetitive and annoying so far. I originally wanted to buy food from McDonald's but it was far from my old gate. Turns out my new flight to Boston was right where McDonald's was but cannot eat...there was no time, had to run to catch the Boston flight!
And wow it's been such a long time since I'm in a two storey aircraft!!! Time to find out why Lufthansa flights are always overpriced. The food was good but there was no good movie playing on the flight :( I saw gone girl, and guess what? I was just looking it up on wiki before the flight and talking about it with Solomon haha. So I watched. I wanted to watch it with him but I couldn't resist!
Omg gone girl is so creepy and good. Lots to think about and to discuss with Solomon haha
Ok that's about it for my rant today. I'm still stranded at the airport and waiting for my flight home, but I'm becoming some kindof airport veteran now, hitchhiking from flight to flight and getting step by step to my destinatio with minimal hassle and fuss :) we got a 7 dollar meal voucher for a coffee or something, but I got myself a green tea latte and lemon poppyseed muffin. Yum!
And I just got upgraded to first class for the first time! Looking forward to it, though it's not much since the flight will be only 1.5hour and I'll be sleeping...
