Europe Bound

From Top to Bottom: European Sunrise, The Whole Group of Us! (Minus Jed), and Ryan and I before we got to the Airport

My flight for Europe was 7:17 AM Monday morning from Omaha. That meant Ryan and I had to go down the night before. We stayed with Jay and Becky and saw Pat and Elliott Sunday night. Packing was kind of a nightmare because not only did I have to pack for the trip, but I also had to pack my entire room up because Jordan is taking my room while I'm gone! Which helps me out tremendously financially, but it was probably one of my biggest stressors. Anyway, several totes and two suitcases later, I was all packed up and ready for the Czech Republic! Ryan drove me to Omaha, so we had to get up at 3:30 AM in Lincoln in order to be at the airport by 5. Checking in was a little nerve racking to make sure I had all the right slips, paperwork, etc. Everything worked out well, though, and we boarded the plane for Minneapolis. Omaha -> Minneapolis is only a 45 minute flight, so that was a breeze. Then we had about an hour and a half in the MN airport before boarding for our 2 hour flight to NYC. We had about 4 hours in the JFK Airport before we had to board for our flight to Prague. We ate at Chilli's and wasted as much time as we could. Our flight was long and it was through the night. I wasn't able to sleep at all. I played word games on my iPad and read a few short stories but more than anything I just wanted to get up and walk around. We FINALLY landed in Prague at 8 AM. Breaking through the clouds in the plane was so exciting. Everything just looked like a story book. All of the red roofs and different colored buildings were just beautiful.