Sorry for the brief post today. My family arrived today at the Dusseldorf International Airport at about 7:30am this morning. I woke up at 5am in order to catch a train at 5:59 to Dusseldorf. They made it just fine, despite some concerns about the weather. Luckily the bad weather that had hit the northeastern US hadn't hit Chicago. The only small hitch was on my part when at 5:35 this morning in my doorway, I realized I didn't have my keys in my pocket. They weren't on my desk either. I couldn't find my keys. I looked everywhere, bed dressings, pants I wore 2 days ago, the bathroom, but I couldn't find them. I knew there was no way they weren't in my room; I couldn't have gotten in without them. I was beginning to panic. It would take me about 15 minutes to get to the Wuppertal train station. 5:43. Still no sign. Then somehow, in the panicked randomness that my searching had become, I looked at the other side of my sill opened door. There, evidently left in the keyhole from the day before, were my keys.
I didn't have time to feel relieved. I grabbed my scarf and jacket and power-walked my way to the train station. Luckily through a combination of this extreme walking pace and a slightly fast watch, I made it to the train station in ten minutes leaving about four minutes until my train left.
Other than that we (they) have just been acclimating to Germany, and a new time zone. We stayed awake until 8pm celebrating my mother's birthday (today) by visiting the Wuppertal Weihnachts market, and eating Italian.
So far so good.
May you have a blessed Christmas.
--Austin
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SO glad to hear that the fam arrived safely!! We've been thinking about you all so much and making comments, wondering what you're up to! We miss you all lots and would love to skype sometime if it would work out! Have SO much fun and know we're thinking of you and missing you!
Kara (and the rest of the Stucky clan)
YEAH!! We are so glad to hear that the McCabe-Juhnkes are all reunited!! We were checking United flight statuses all day and we so glad when we heard the flight for DUS had taken off!
Have a WUNDERBAR Christmas vacation together!!
Love, the other Kar(i)n & John (& Abram)
Karen,
Happy Birthday! I am so happy to hear you made it safely. I was hoping that Austin would post so that I knew you had made it without delay!
Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Melissa Carlson
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