With a 4:15am wake up call it was time to head to the airport. We were all flying out of Shannon airport to Manchester England. We were delayed in getting parked and our 90 minute connection was reduced to 50 minutes. We had to collect our bags at the baggage claim and recheck-in at the Delta counter. The Aer Lingus people sent us to terminal 3 which was wrong and Allie and I had to walk to terminal 2 and quickly. There were no wheelchairs a available so we walked the mile long trek to the terminal. It was a bit too much for Allie but she kept up. When we got to Delta there were very apologetic and got us a wheelchair. We were extremely late and they rushed us through customs and onto the plane.
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| Flying home and still smiling |
They had already called the final boarding call by the time got there. The flight was full and would take 8 hours to get us to Atlanta. The flight was smooth and the showed 4 movies! And served 2 meals.
We departed for Portland at 4:30pm and arrived 5 hours later at 7:30pm. Delta had a wheelchair waiting for Allie and walked with her up the check point and handed her off to her son-in-law mark. It has need a long day and I'm sure Allie was glad to be home after a trip of a life time.
With Allie and Mark safely on their way home I headed to my last gate and my final leg home. I should be home by 10pm 24 hours after leaving Shannon, Ireland.
It has been one amazing trip and I would turn around immediately and do it all over again.
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