Flying Over

The first week in Zadar was quite an experience, nowhere near the lifestyle that I live back home. The flight there was long but the flight overseas was actually very enjoyable. I was sitting next to two interesting guys, one of whom was going to Austria for a motocross event that his friend was competing in and the other who was a fan of science-fiction novels and was visiting his family in Ireland. I didn't sleep much more than an hour or two, partially because of the seats but mostly because of the amazing personal monitors for watching movies. I watched four movies and was in a whole new continent before I knew it.

However, the flight left about an hour late so I had a very short time to connect to my next flight in Munich, further complicated by everything being in German. I landed at the Munich airport and after a bus ride to a different terminal and another ride to a completely different part of the airport where the Croatian planes were held, I boarded my plane with scarily little time to spare. Then finally with a chance to catch my breath, I flew the last leg on a tiny Croatian airline that wasn't even halfway full and instead of peanuts or pretzels they served croissants which I appreciated.

Just as soon as I had slowed down and realized how tired I was, once I landed in Zadar one of my bags was missing! I though it was strange since I checked in the luggage number, and I still don't know exactly what could have gone wrong. Luckily, my host Pf. Mile Mamić (who doesn't speak even a little bit of English) was waiting there to pick me up and was very helpful in going to the information desk and helping me get the form filled out to have it recovered and delivered to his home. It was tough to converse with him, but we got everything worked out and started the drive to my new home.

(Sorry for the lack of pictures on my first post, my time off the plane moved so fast that I never really had the chance to take any. And sorry to mom and dad for not exactly telling them about the missing luggage-- I didn't want to worry them and the luggage arrived safe and sound the next day.)