Beep!!! Beep!!! I hit the snooze button and went back to sleep, but then seconds later my eyes flashed open and I jumped out of bed, to into the shower and slipped on my Region II warm-up that I was itching to wear the whole week. I gather all of my stuff that was not already in my soon to be overweight suitcase and threw it in the back of the car. Finally, I was off to the airport not knowing what I was in for the rest of the day.
The Michigan boys arrived at the Detroit airport around 9:00 am and were off to Chicago. Because of the time difference, we then landed in Chicago at 11:00 am and waited four hours to board the plane to Frankfurt. The airport was huge so the four hours passed fast after eating a $16 full course meal.
After the entire Region II team met up at gate 16, it was time to board the plane. Everyone was excited, but I don't think any of us knew how long and how boring it would be until we landed in Germany. I think most of us tried to sleep, but were unsuccessful because sleeping at 2:00 in the afternoon is hard (but at the same time it was pitch black out).
We landed in Frankfurt, went through customs and walked a 1/2 mile to our next gate where we sat their staring into space waiting for our plane. As soon as I got on the plane, flight attendants said "good morning" and I was like "what"?!? I passed out on the plane as soon as I got to my seat and slept through the entire flight. I woke up when we got to Milan and asked the German sitting next to me if we had taken off yet. They just looked at me with a blank stare and said "huh"? At that moment, I thought to myself...this is just the start of it!
- Justin Cohen '95
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