Day 8- Rome to home
Saturday was extremely long. It seemed as if time slowed down for us; in essence it did. Our flight left Rome at 11:15 and landed in Philly at 3:30, 11 hours later. The exciting part was that our next flight, to Charlotte, left at 4:30 so we had one hour to be on the next plane. First take off the 15 minutes that it takes to get off of an airplane from row 31, then subtract another 10 minutes because boarding actually ended at 4:20. That leaves us with 35 minutes- not too bad, right?
Our first stop was immigration and Sarah and I got there quickly and were the second and third people in line. We were doing great, except the person in front of us ended up getting lugged away by the border patrol; so now our line was closed and all the other lines were full. Scott and Felicia were in the next line over and got permission from the immigration officer that was running their line to let us join them since we were together.
Next stop was the baggage carousel. That took forever and then some it seemed. By the time we got our bags and headed for the customs line it was 4:05. We got through customs pretty quickly since we didn't have anything to declare and we re-checked our luggage and headed for the terminal that our next plane was in. The last stop was security. For some reason, they had it arranged at that airport that you can't go from the international terminal to the domestic terminals without leaving the secure area. Fortunately we all made it through quickly.
We made it to our flight with no time to spare- 4:22. The plane was still there and we got on our last flight.
We had tickets all the way to Greenville, but had a 3 hour layover in Charlotte. Some friends of Scott and Felicia drove to Charlotte and picked us up. We went to their house, got our car, went and got Carina, went home and got in bed as our plane was taking off in Charlotte. I think we made the right choice.
The only downside was that our luggage was still on the plane. First thing this morning we drove to GSP airport and picked up our luggage thus ending the saga that was our vacation. Tomorrow we both return to work and real life begins again. Oh well.
Our first stop was immigration and Sarah and I got there quickly and were the second and third people in line. We were doing great, except the person in front of us ended up getting lugged away by the border patrol; so now our line was closed and all the other lines were full. Scott and Felicia were in the next line over and got permission from the immigration officer that was running their line to let us join them since we were together.
Next stop was the baggage carousel. That took forever and then some it seemed. By the time we got our bags and headed for the customs line it was 4:05. We got through customs pretty quickly since we didn't have anything to declare and we re-checked our luggage and headed for the terminal that our next plane was in. The last stop was security. For some reason, they had it arranged at that airport that you can't go from the international terminal to the domestic terminals without leaving the secure area. Fortunately we all made it through quickly.
We made it to our flight with no time to spare- 4:22. The plane was still there and we got on our last flight.
We had tickets all the way to Greenville, but had a 3 hour layover in Charlotte. Some friends of Scott and Felicia drove to Charlotte and picked us up. We went to their house, got our car, went and got Carina, went home and got in bed as our plane was taking off in Charlotte. I think we made the right choice.
The only downside was that our luggage was still on the plane. First thing this morning we drove to GSP airport and picked up our luggage thus ending the saga that was our vacation. Tomorrow we both return to work and real life begins again. Oh well.
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