This will hopefully be a shorter post.
The trip to the Ukraine was 25 hours from my door to the Hope House door. I got picked up by a fellow team mate and her hubby and head to the airport to await the others before checking in as a team. We waited for the rest of the team, who arrived a slight bit later than we, some later than others... Just as we were about to check in, one member of the team remembered they had forgotten their passport, had misplaced it whilst trying to file a leave or something to the Canadian Embassy. Luckily one of her friends had been there when she had forgotten it and it was a simple matter of calling her up to have it brought over. We still had about an hour to spare before our flight to Montreal. The flight went smoothly, a couple of turbulence, but that's all in the fun ;) We arrived in Montreal, and two of us had to get our carry-on from the belly of the plane, as they made a mistake placing them. We later learnt that our next flight, to Munich, was delayed by a decent amount... almost an hour? not exactly sure. But no worries, we had a four hour layover time in Munich anyways, so no stress :D Once in Munich, we had time, so we shopped in the airport and got a meal and I got a knife. Yes, they were selling knives in the airport, and they were perfectly allowed in ones carry-on. I also lost about 100$ American over in that airport due to my miscalculations. ( <-- in the next post )Then we were out of Munich on to Kiev. Kiev is a much smaller airport, has a bit less organization and the service wasn't very good, as the people were snappy and short tempered it seemed. And they did not accept American currency in the airport. We also had to get our luggage rechecked as we were now using an in-country flight. So a few more hours wait and we got to leave for Odessa, where we got our luggage, and were promptly picked up. We traveled for about another hour perhaps and then got to Hope House. Over all, a great bonding time for the team.
Thanks for reading.
The trip to the Ukraine was 25 hours from my door to the Hope House door. I got picked up by a fellow team mate and her hubby and head to the airport to await the others before checking in as a team. We waited for the rest of the team, who arrived a slight bit later than we, some later than others... Just as we were about to check in, one member of the team remembered they had forgotten their passport, had misplaced it whilst trying to file a leave or something to the Canadian Embassy. Luckily one of her friends had been there when she had forgotten it and it was a simple matter of calling her up to have it brought over. We still had about an hour to spare before our flight to Montreal. The flight went smoothly, a couple of turbulence, but that's all in the fun ;) We arrived in Montreal, and two of us had to get our carry-on from the belly of the plane, as they made a mistake placing them. We later learnt that our next flight, to Munich, was delayed by a decent amount... almost an hour? not exactly sure. But no worries, we had a four hour layover time in Munich anyways, so no stress :D Once in Munich, we had time, so we shopped in the airport and got a meal and I got a knife. Yes, they were selling knives in the airport, and they were perfectly allowed in ones carry-on. I also lost about 100$ American over in that airport due to my miscalculations. ( <-- in the next post )Then we were out of Munich on to Kiev. Kiev is a much smaller airport, has a bit less organization and the service wasn't very good, as the people were snappy and short tempered it seemed. And they did not accept American currency in the airport. We also had to get our luggage rechecked as we were now using an in-country flight. So a few more hours wait and we got to leave for Odessa, where we got our luggage, and were promptly picked up. We traveled for about another hour perhaps and then got to Hope House. Over all, a great bonding time for the team.
Thanks for reading.
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