This morning we slept in. When I got up, I spent time working on devotions and the blog...waiting for Bob and Alina to wake. Bob got up and showered and then I decided to shower myself. When I was done, Alina and I headed down to breakfast to find Bob already down there. Our plane left at 1pm, so we weren't in any hurry this morning...in fact, we took extra care to make sure everything was packed just right. Alina and my things for our overnight stay in Atlanta would be in one suitcase and Bob would take the other suitcase with him.
The hotel got us a private taxi to take to the airport, however in doing so, we ended up paying about 3 times the price that a normal taxi would charge which was very disappointing. Considering that we didn't have much Honduran money (Lempiras) left, this will be a mental note for next year...NO private taxi. At the airport, I went to the newspaper stand (which I've been doing every year for the past 8 years) to buy one of each of the newspapers. I typically give these away to my Spanish students if they earn the highest score on the exam. I purchased the 4 major newspapers for $37 Lempiras (about $1.85 US dollars).
Once in the airport, we headed to check our suitcases. We realized that Delta has now incorporated the $40 per person country departure fee into the cost of their flight, which saves us the time of standing in a separate line to pay it as well as makes me realize that the actual flight itself was really $40 less than what I paid. That ended up being a real time-saver and money-saver for us! After checking the bags, we headed upstairs to check out the souvenir stores and snack on some fruit before going through security. I got my backpacked checked by security, but no tarantulas (like I heard had happened last year with a member of the Maryland team). We waited at our gate until it was time to board. Our flight was about 3 and 1/2 hours to Atlanta and we arrived to the Atlanta gate at 7pm.
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| LoriAnn and Alina leaving Tegucigalpa (do you see Bob waving in background?) |
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| Leaving Tegucigalpa |
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| Heading above the clouds |
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| Flying over Cancun, Mexico |
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| Coming into Atlanta |
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| Coming into Atlanta |
Right when we got off the plane, we realized that those with connecting flights had to head through customs in one direction, whereas those who were staying in Atlanta (we had an overnight stay) had to head through customs in another direction. So we said goodbye to Bob who was flying all the way through. Getting our suitcase and going through customs went well and quick. We had to call our hotel to figure out how to get on their shuttle bus to get to them, but even that went smoothly. We met a man on the shuttle that was from Dallas, TX who called us "normal people" when he found out we were from Wisconsin (he had guessed we were from MN). Alina didn't quite get what he meant by that, but I did. There was a KFC 2 blocks from the hotel and then we were in for the rest of the night. We called home from KFC, but continued to talk to Noah all the way back to the hotel and then while sitting in front of the hotel. That was pretty much our day...welcome back to the USA!
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