Thursday, August 27, 2009

Departure and Arrival

My dog Maggie and I arrived in Berlin this afternoon to begin a year abroad.

We had a 5-hour car ride to Portland (Maggie's first road trip) where we boarded our 10-hour flight to Frankfurt; made our connection to Berlin although my luggage did not. Better that goes missing than the dog, although I am eager for a change of clothing and my toothbrush. The dog cannot help me there.

Through a special promotional upgrade I flew Business Class on Lufthansa but there was a baby in the first row of Economy who screamed for the whole ten hours, pretty much negating the advantage of being able to recline in order to sleep.

Anyway, I've left home and arrived at a new chapter in my life.