We were originally set to leave Austin on January 3rd and arrive in Saudi the evening of the 4th. We left with 6 boxes, 4 suitcases, and 2 carry-ons.
Some minor which turned into major delays caused us to miss our connecting flight in Atlanta to Dubai, and led us to spend 2 hours in line in Atlanta to figure out what our next plan of action was and then 2 hours at the counter with a very helpful (no honestly) agent. At first they wanted us to go on separate flights – me from Atlanta -> Milan -> Istanbul -> Bahrain and Chris from Atlanta -> Milan -> Dubai… um, no. Or we could wait until January 6th to take the same flight we had originally been scheduled on. Finally we both ended up on the Atlanta -> Milan -> Dubai -> Bahrain flight, but had to spend the night in Atlanta. We ate at Waffle House the next morning and then headed back to the airport.
We were bumped up to business class for our first leg of our flight, which.was.awesome. 
Flying over the Alps into Milan
Spent 6 hours in the Milan airport (worst.airport.ever.) and then slept the next 6 hours from Milan to Dubai. Once in Dubai, we had another 6 hours there, so Mutaz and Panos came to pick us up and we hung out at Mutaz’s apartment for awhile and then went back to the airport. And then Dubai to Bahrain only to find out that our 10 pieces of luggage did not arrive with us (did you really expect them to?) and then drove across to Saudi Arabia from Bahrain.The bags arrived about 2 days later much to my excitement (I didn’t have to wear the same sweatshirt everyday or Chris’ oversized tshirts) and now we are all cozy in our apartment.
Home sweet home. :)
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