I’m sitting in the Frankfurt Airport right now, killing some time before our 2:10 PM flight to Beirut. We’ve actually been in Frankfurt since 7:30 this morning, but I think we are too tired to care. The trip from Dallas to Frankfurt actually wasn’t that bad. I didn’t have a seat assignment when I showed up and we thought I might be left behind, but they figured it out…it took a LONG time, but they did eventually. American Airlines is trying to save some green so instead of the 2 or 3 people working at the gate before boarding, there was one lady dealing with an overbooked overseas flight and a ton of people on standby. I couldn’t help but feel sorry for her.
There were some cute German toddlers sitting in our same aisle. When I wasn’t passed out, I was playing peek-a-boo with them or doing silly things. Their moms looked crazy distressed travelling with restless kids for 9.5 hours.
So here I am. My head is pounding and I don’t think jet lag is going to be that bad, but I wish we could just get to Beirut already. And I thought it would hit me that I’m going to Lebanon by now…but it really hasn’t. Haha, I don’t know what’s up with that. I did realize, however, that there was an entire war between the time I last visited and now. So I’m interested in seeing whatever damage is left of the war between Hezbollah and Israel in 2006. I always remembered the area around the Beirut Airport being really, really poor-looking. I think I remember a lot of slums being around there last time I visited. I might be wrong…I guess we’ll find out in a few hours.
Ciao for now,
Asil
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