Have I disappeared forever? In short: no. First of all, to the ladies I met at the Sofitel Athens Airport Hotel, I hope you all made it home in a timely fashion on the flights you had hoped to get on! It was a pleasure talking with all of you, and if you managed to find my little blog you can be sure my story will unravel here in the next few weeks!
For everyone else: amidst rising columns of fireworks blasting literally around our flight path, the fourth plane I tried to get on in two days touched down in Pittsburgh last night at about 10:30pm. I had been awake for nearly 23 hours, and nearly bitten my nails down through flesh and bone in anticipation of achieving standby seats first from Athens to New York (failed) then to Atlanta (success!) and at last a first-class upgrade to Pittsburgh. Coming home on July 4th could not have been a better feeling, and now, sitting at my own desk in my own apartment feels better than I could have imagined.
In short, my European adventure panned out exactly as I had hoped, and left me with the most gratifying sense of accomplishment as I was able to stick to my itinerary and accomplish almost exactly what I had set out to do. The story will go here in the next few weeks. For now I've got to organize and get ready to head to New York for the next few weeks.
Check back soon!
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