Stranded, sort of.

[teyla]

I got on my bus at 7:15 am. About five minutes after we left, the bus broke down. Now I'm sitting here somewhere in DC, waiting for another bus to show up.

It's about 8 am now, and I've got a flight to catch. I don't really want to leave the US, but I don't want to have to pay for a new flight ticket, either.

Sigh.

ETA: The new bus came! Now waiting for it to finally leave. We're an hour behind schedule; I should be fine. I scheduled with a lot of leeway, time-wise.

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[teyla]

Did she get home? Probably not; from what I heard Germany shut down all airports, at least all the bigger international ones. I hope she's okay!

My flight was canceled. I has an extended vacation! A bit inconvenient, since I have a lot of uni work to do, but a lot of that I can luckily do online--question is whether or not I'll actually do it. >_>

[wihluta.livejournal.com]

Mum is stuck in Istanbul, since all flights into Germany are off. And now her prepaid card is empty and I can't call her... urgh.

Yay for extra vacation. :D

[teyla]

Aw, Istanbul. :/ That sort of sucks. Do you think she can maybe get a bus or a train back to Germany? I know someone from uni who's stuck in Romania, and she's going back to England by car/train/bus.

[wihluta.livejournal.com]

She's made it to Barcelona by plane. Now she needs to find a train home. I am waiting for a call atm, to know if she is stuck in Barcelona for now or on the way tonight... ARGH!

Really, this day was mad, I feel like I'm a Telefonzentrale!

[teyla]

Pfft, this is all vaguely absurd.

Earlier, I tried to contact the online travel agency I booked my Munich/London flight with. The email on their website is broken and doesn't take messages, so I tried the service hotline. It's a German number, and Jasper's phone doesn't do international calls, so I tried Skype. Apparently, when you call from the internet, it doesn't count as an international call, so the automated voice told me to call the German service hotline. Once I did, I actually managed to get through to a person, but then they were like "I cannot understand you! Please call back." *hangs up*

Oh well. I have now emailed my mom and asked her to call them for me. I also tried calling the BA hotline directly, but they have a six-hours-on-hold queue. >_>

Hope your mom gets home safe! Good luck~

[wihluta.livejournal.com]

What a fuck-up.

My mum is stuck in Barcelona... we hope she gets out tomorrow. But nothing is known at this moment. The trains are all booked full. Shit.

At least she found a yh that she can sleep in okay.

[wihluta.livejournal.com]

Been meaning to ask: Did you get something for your leg, since you're stuck in US of A now?