well, we're still in the states

So far this trip has been a traveler's nightmare. The flight was delayed, canceled, rescheduled through a different airport, we were only given meal and room vouchers for half of the group, one girl temporarily lost her luggage because the flight officials took it even though she hadn't checked in, and now we have to stop in Newark. ON THE BRIGHT SIDE: the delay has provided some lovely bonding time for the group, one of the girls was kind enough to let me stay in her home last night, everyone is now safely settled in and accounted for for the night, and dinner was great! If everything goes according to plan tomorrow, we should be in France by sometime Saturday morning. Fingers crossed!