So Ira and I got on the road this morning at 8:00 (I'm not bothering with time changes, just remember Chicago is an hour behind Michigan). It was fun, we drove to Chicago, walked around for a while, sweated a lot in the 107 degree weather, got super yummy pizza, met Kelsey (my Spain buddy) and her boyfriend, got her luggage and headed to O'Hare. The traffic was nuts and I was very sad to not have air conditioning, but we managed. Unfortunately, being parent-less nothing seemed to be nearly as easy as it should have been, so we stumbled around the airport for a while trying to figure things out. I had forgotten my phone which Ira had to rescue from the Jeep for me. Anyway, we did boring airport stuff. I said goodbye to Ira with just a few tears and lots of hugs. Much better than expected at least!
Pictures from Giordano's-the famous restaurant in Chicago that was, in fact, delicious!
Then Kelsey and I began the long wait. We got to our terminal at 4 for our 5:30 flight that was boarding at 5. At 5:15 we were told that our plane had landed in Chicago and were going to be boarding soon. That was a lie. The plane landed in South Bend (what?!?!) and we learned later that the pilot had lost control of the plane so they made an emergency landing. We only had a 1 hour 40 minute layover in Toronto before our connecting flight to Madrid so we were hoping for a quick fix, but that was a no go. Over the course of 3 hours the flight was delayed 4 more times. So we left Chicago at 8:30 and got to Toronto at 11. Most people were overly friendly and helpful-much more than expected! We even got chocolate for a snack on the airplane! Who does that???
So because of all that, they have put us up in a hotel in Toronto for the night and given us meal vouchers. It's not the best situation because of 2 things: our flight doesn't leave until 10:00 pm tomorrow night and we have to be out of here by noon meaning we can't use meal vouchers after noon tomorrow and we don't have our checked luggage. So guess who is wearing the same clothes two days of traveling in a row? This girl, and the girl sitting next to her. We're gross. Together we have most of the necessities and the hotel is giving us some complimentary stuff, but I should have taken the travel advice on packing for a day in your carry on.
Below you will see what we're living on, please notice the all necessary chocolate!
Sorry this is so, so poorly written, but I'm pretty pooped! Enjoy your Friday, my well loved Michigan companions!
<3 Sydney
