Our flight over here was in 2 parts. The first one was from Chicago to Philadelphia and that flight went without any problems. The second flight was from Philadelphia to Munich and this flight almost didnt happen. When we got on the plane in Philadelphia we got comfortable and situated like everyone else did. The stewardesses closed the doors and we were all set to go. Just before the pilot was getting ready to pull away from the gate he came over the intercom and told us that there was a good chance that Air Traffic Controllers in Germany were going to go on strike (meaning that the air space over Germany would not be open, meaning we wouldn't be able to fly into Munich)and that there would be an announcement in 10-15 minutes from the air traffic controllers in Germany. But for now the airline has told us that we cannot leave. So, we waited.
We kind of laughed a little about it, wondering what would have happened if we were half way over the ocean and the ruling came down that they were going to strike. Would we land in a different country - Italy, Austria, Netherlands - maybe we would have gotten a little holiday out of it :) - or would we turned around and came back.
Well, luckily for us the pilot came back on and said that they decided on four more weeks to try to come to an agreement, but for now the air space is open and we are free to take off.
So, other than that the trip back was good and we had some good friends pick us up at the airport and it was great to see them right away and catch up with them. Also, when we got back to Wels we got to see some familiar faces and friends and we both said it was nice to come back to a place where we know people and already feel comfortable, rather than coming in and not knowing anyone or really anything about the place we were coming to like we did last year.
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