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To: Kathy in Alaska
In a word, her flight was an ordeal from start to finish. Her flight from Nairobi was over an hour late taking off and by the time she got to Istanbul she missed her connecting flight to JFK. She had about an 8-hour layover in the Istanbul airport.

Her eventual flight to JFK departed at about Noon our time and she got in at JFK after 10:00 pm. Thus, she missed her connection to Baltimore, which had taken off at 8:30. I look into Amtrak - the cheapest fare I could find that allowed checked baggage was over $100.00. We decided to book her on Greyhound - cost of $40.00.

As it turns out she had met a nice young man on the flight out of Nairobi who was driving to Delaware. He and his father drove Mary down to the Maryland House rest area on I-95 in Maryland, where she was met by Mrs. MacNessa, her brothers David and John-Man, and Sir Winston. They brought her home from there, arriving at about 0500. A twenty-four hour odyssey, but all ended well.



Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

24 posted on 07/21/2012 8:24:54 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
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Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

27 posted on 07/21/2012 9:10:33 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
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To: ConorMacNessa

My goodness...she had quite the adventure. Something about lemons and lemonade.

But it sounds like she met a young gentleman that helped the “missed” parts of her trip go easier, AND have someone to share with.

Glad she is safely home...but already on another “mission”.


37 posted on 07/21/2012 10:42:12 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)))
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