Due to Mother Nature's uncooperative tendencies, I arrived in ORD last night at 9:30 pm, an hour after I was supposed to arrive, and 3 minutes before I was supposed to depart to Sao Paulo. Taxiing around the tarmac to our gate, I watched longingly as the 777 that I was supposed to be on rolled away from gate C18... And that is why you should never fly United though O'Hare. Especially international. And especially especially not on the last flight of the night. After a couple of hours of sucking up to United's customer service rep (thanks to my Mom and Dad for ingraining "please's" and "thank you's" into my everyday vocabulary), I was finally granted a free night in the adjoining Hilton and meal vouchers to cover "24 hours worth of food" -- $30 in an airport and Hilton doesn't get you very far. Anyhow, I am now booked to head out at 9:33 pm tonight for Sao Paulo, and then onto Fortaleza, where I am SUPPOSED to arrive at 4 pm tomorrow afternoon.
Well now that I have spent my first paragraph complaining and probably have about 2 people left following my blog for the summer, I would like to point out that I have traveled a bit, and I realized full well that my trip to Fortaleza would likely have a few hiccups. But, that is just one of the prices you pay when you travel. The joy and experience that come with traveling are more than worth the costs...
Anyways,
tchau from Chicago (and the USA) and next time from Brazil!
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