After spending 9 months backpacking across Europe, I have become more “go with the flow” than ever before. This wasn’t intentional, but with every country having a different pace of life (siesta culture in Spain for example!), sleeping in dorm hostels, and public transportation issues, I didn’t have much of a choice.
And only a few days before returning to Colorado for a two-month hiatus from backpacking, my patience was tested in a big way.
My flight home was cancelled.
More specifically, the first leg of my trip home was cancelled. I was supposed to fly from Barcelona to Munich with Lufthansa, then Munich to Denver on United.
I found this out in the middle of a walking tour on a Sunday regarding my return flight home scheduled for Wednesday. It was cancelled because ALL of Lufthansa’s flight attendants were going on strike that Tuesday and Wednesday.
The person I was nine months ago would have had a heart attack reading this news, but I was now mentally prepared for anything thrown my way!
After chatting with a United agent about the dilemma, the only feasible option was to be rebooked on a flight home two days early. If you’re keeping track here, I found this out on a Sunday and my original flight was on a Wednesday… meaning I’d be leaving Europe in less than 24 hours!
Cue a situation that would have caused previous Jill to panic… and okay, present-day Jill was a little panicked too.
It seems like an insignificant amount of time in the grand scheme of nine months, but it was a tougher pill to swallow than I expected.
I soaked in my last night abroad with my backpacking buddy Abby, and off I went on Monday morning to head back home.
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As for me, the silver lining in my stressful travel situation was concocting a plan to surprise my boyfriend with my arrival two days earlier than planned. It was tough keeping the secret, but the look on his face when I walked through the front door was so worth it! Plus, Denver had the largest snowstorm of the season that week, so getting home early was a blessing in disguise.
And don’t worry, I’ll be back in Europe this summer. Hopefully I don’t encounter too many stressful situations until then.
Jill “Excited for a Reset” Marks
