Day 15 - The End of Europe 2014

I knew today was going to be a long day, but when we got to Zurich airport we heard that our flight to Philly was delayed, which intern would make us miss our flight to Orlando. We checked at the US Airways desk and they gave us a Philly to Miami to Orlando flight that will put us in somewhere around 10:30pm instead of the original 6:30pm. That's assuming we get through customs in time to catch our flight to Miami.

 (Now home) we were up 27 hours with no sleep. Getting through customs wasn't too bad. Unfortunately, we had plenty of time since the next flight didn't leave for about 3 hours. Of course, this was rush hour at the airport and we took off a light late. We knew we had a very tight connection to make in Miami and not only did we arrive a little late, the gate we had to get to was far, far away. We came in to gate E something and had to go to gate D3 which they said was just around the corner. D3 was at the end of the terminal gate. We actually had to get on a tram to take us 2 stops to get there, and that was after a whole lot of fast walking just to get to the right terminal. The flight attendant told us there were 19 people who were trying to make this connection, and thought they might hold the plane for us. Out of breath, we made it to the plane. The flight only lasted 35 minutes. 

I think every time we travel we learn more. We thought we were traveling as light as possible, yet it could have made it lighter. Non-stop is the only way to go. Get to whatever the non-stop location is, stay in that city a night or two, then take the trains which are always on time. I never want to be at the mercy of the airlines again.