How many travels days does it take until you’re in a travel daze? We’ve covered 8 countries in 5 weeks. Leaving Serbia at the end of March, we headed to Austria before doing ministry for three weeks in Czech Republic. We visited Auschwitz in Poland and then traveled through Slovakia on our way to Hungary where we spent a few days meeting as leaders before leaving Europe.
Standing in Czech Republic and Poland!
On May 1st we flew from Budapest, Hungary to Warsaw, Poland. From Poland we flew to JFK in New York. It should be noted that World Racers love long flights because it means you are guaranteed your own seat, good meals, clean toilets and hundreds of movies to choose from. You can imagine our devastation when the Polish airlines had no televisions on the plane! I know, first world problems.. But what were we to do for nine hours!
We survived our long flight. The next objective, pretend like you’re not actually on American soil for the first time in 8 months. But in a land of free refills, ice cubes, wifi and Reese’s cups it was undeniable. JFK isn’t exactly home though. We spent most of our 9-hour layover sleeping in airport purgatory- stuck between terminals until we could check in and go to our gate where we enjoyed Dunkin Donuts and chocolate milk!
From JFK, we flew to Miami and ran to catch our connecting flight to Guatemala City. We had no concept of what time or even day it was. It was 10 a.m. even though it felt like 4 p.m. to us and was only 8 a.m. in Guatemala. We landed in Central America and loaded into three vans and headed to Antigua, Guatemala where we are spending our first week. We loved Europe, but it’s so nice to be back on this side of the globe and in warmer weather.
Beautiful Antigua, Guatemala!
