Sunday, February 13, 2011

We are in Sofia

Everything went so well leaving from Detroit. The plan wasn't very full, we had an empty seat between us on AirFrance, we got lots of food and it was on time. Once we got to Paris, everything fell apart. We had to take a bus to get to our next terminal, there was no gate assigned to Sophia yet, all we knew was section 2B. We waited for the bus probably for 10-15 min, once on the bus it took us another 20 minutes to get to our gate. We didn't have passes, they said we had to get them at our gate. Know one was at the ticket counter at the gate to help us. There were a number of us 'late' (25 min before plane had to leave) so they let us on. The plane wasn't full, so once again we had an empty seat between us. Our guardian angel was an elderly Bulgarian man who took us under his wing, demanded we get a seat and helped us find baggage claim. Once we landed in Sofia, our bag didn't make it out of Paris!!! Chris asked me why we were taking on a carryon, my response was incase our luggage gets lost we have some clothes to wear. Wish I wasn't right sometimes lol.
So we had to fill out some paperwork, they will be sending it to our next destination on Tuesday. Thankfully we had someone meet us with a sign saying HAVEN. She could speak English and it was such a relief. She took us to exchange some money, get some toiletries and breakfast food for the morning, and dropped us off at our apartment. The apartment is wonderful. Washer, coffee machine, beds, bath with hot water and wifi, what more could a girl ask for. We will be leaving tomorrow morning at 8am to fly to Dobrich, can't wait to meet my son. Hopefully he won't be too scared seeing me without makeup! I really don't care about that I just can't believe we are finally here.

7 comments:

MoserUpdates said...

Woohoo! Glad things are going well for you. Can't wait to here more :)

growing our love... said...

Doing a happy dance for you guys!!! So glad that you are in Sofia. Enjoy your time with your son. If it makes you feel better..our bags did not make it to us on our first trip. They were coming from Rome. Thank goodness for bringing a carry on and the wash machine. What apartment are you staying in? Are you near the mall? Do you have an interesting painting the bedroom??

Viviane said...

Glad you guys arrived safely. That's the most important thing. Our luggage didn't make it either both on our trip to and from EE, so our son met us in the clothes we'd worn for over 36 hours. He didn't mind a bit!

Happy Valentine's Day with your son!

Renae said...

And to follow Donna's comment, you might want to NOT watch late night TV...especially Friday night...ahem...let me just say..there is nothing left to the imagination!

Katherine said...

So glad you are there! I hope everything else goes smoothly for you. Can't wait to hear about your little boy!

Kelly said...

SSSOOOOO excited!!!!! And so sorry your flights were a PAIN!

Isn't Bulgaria beautiful??? I miss it!

Yvonne said...

So glad you made it there safely and technically on-time! :)

Have a wonderful week... and if you need anything e-mail me.

Yvonne