NIGHT.MARE.

WEDNESDAY:

1 delayed flight + 1 taxi ride from Harrisburg to Philly = 2 missing passports

1 found wallet + 1 additional taxi ride + $200 = 1 returned wallet and 2 found passports, but too late to board

2 rescheduled flights for 1 Angolan and 1 American = intended arrival in Germany 7 hours too late for transit visa

1 expired transit visa + $110 and 1 Howard Johnson = 1 night in Philadelphia

THURSDAY:

1 hotel shuttle to airport + 1 train ride to center city Philly = arrival at Honorary German Consul

2 sessions with German lady at the Philly Consul + 1 phone call to German Consulate in NY + 1 phone call to Lufthansa = 1 taxi to 30th Street Station + $210 = train to Penn Station, New York City, New York

1 taxi to German Consulate, NY + 2 sessions with German Consulate + 2 passport photos, 10 blocks walked, 1 call to Germany and $98 = promises to issue visa and Fed Ex 1 Angolan passport to Lititz, PA after receiving flight confirmation from Lufthansa

15 blocks walked back to train station during rush hour = photos at Madison Square Garden, The United Nations, and glimpses of Chrysler Building

1 train ride back to Philadelphia + 1 taxi ride to Center City, 1 train ride back to Airport, 1 hotel shuttle back to Howard Johnson = union of 2 family members who completed 1 drive to Phildelphia to pick up 1 Angolan, 1 American and 6 peices of luggage from Hotel

1 Hour and 30 minute car ride = arrival in Lititz, 2 showers and 1 night of very deep sleep

FRIDAY:

6 calls to Lufthansa + 3 cups of coffee + 7 calls to NY German Consulate + 2 calls to Philly Honorary German Consul + 2 calls to travel agent + 1 call to JFK = 2 waivers for paper tickets, 2 flight confirmation numbers for flights from JFK to Munich to St. Petersburg + 1 Fed Ex Tracking Number

i hate math.