Just three weeks ago, we were told we were moving to Turkey. At first, I was SO upset...how in the world could I be THAT far away from my family!?!? But the more I thought about it, the more I had to realise this could be the chance of a lifetime. How many other people get to say they lived in a different country for 2 years? So here we go...
We departed the DC area on 3 Aug...if I could have completely skipped the "see ya later"s I think I would have been JUST fine!! :) My mom and aunt came out to visit with us for the last few days we were in the states. Even though they were stuck at the hotel while J-Twice and I were busy on base finishing up stuff, I totally enjoyed our time together! We all know J-Twice wasn't loving it as much as I was but that's the life he gets to live! ha ha
So we start....this was my first time traveling overseas so I really wasn't sure what to expect. We board the plane, which was huge, and start our journey. Dinner (or what they called dinner, anyways) was served not too long after take off. Our choices were "Chicken or Pasta" and both J-Twice and I chose "chicken"..gross!!!!!!!! At least, I thought so! The best part might have been the brownie that was served for dessert! James enjoyed it all. During this 7 hour flight, they were showing a few different movies to choose from: Toy Story 2, Shrek the Third, Cop Out, The Losers, Entourage, and a couple others---well lucky me, my tv screen was not working!!! I could get the sound in my headphones but could not view the screen...."boy, oh boy, this is going to be a long flight" is all I could think of. I couldn't see J's screen, but I could see the person in front of me---so whatever movie she watched, I watched also! At least in between my dozing off. We landed in Germany about 6:30am and head to find our shuttle. The first thing we see as we walk out the door:
MCDONALDS!!!! Ha ha...I had to do a quick mind check of whether or not we were still in the States or Germany!
We rode through the country and a little town in Germany on our way from Frankfurt to Ramstein. It was just like the movies: small roads and very fast drivers!! Once we arrived to Ramstein to catch our flight to Turkey, we had a long while to wait for our flight. We were both extremely tired and just ready to be here already!
We boarded our next flight and was very happy to know it was our last. This plane was much smaller than the one we flew to Germany on and I felt like I was sitting in a straight jacket. We had next to no leg room and I got stuck with a middle seat...yuck! Needless to say, I skipped lunch on that flight and slept the entire way! I had to drown out the sound of a screaming baby the entire flight one way or another! We finally reached Turkey and taxi'd on the run-way for what felt like 30 mins SLOWLY!! I wanted to get out and walk, I would have made it to my destination a lot faster! ha ha
And so our adventures begin!!
Stay tuned!
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