Our plane tickets were booked today and I found out our itinerary. We're leaving Monday night 9/29 at 6:55pm from Des Moines. (That means I can work all day and only borrow one day of my vacation time from next year!) We fly to Minneapolis and from there we fly to London. We get a 7 hour layover in London, so we'll be able to get out and see the city a little bit, which is pretty cool! From London we fly to Johannesburg and then it's a four hour drive to Welkom. On our way back we fly from Johannesburg to London, from London to Detroit, and from Detroit to Des Moines. We don't have any long layovers on the way back... thank goodness! We'll arrive back in Des Moines at 4:20pm on Sunday 10/12 and I'll be back in the office Monday morning at 8. (I'm exhausted just thinking about it!)
You can see how far it is when you look at a map, but holy cow it seems even farther when you picture yourself sitting in the airplane seat for HOURS!!! Here's how much time we spend travelling...
Des Moines to Minneapolis: 1 hr 10 min
Minneapolis to London: 8 hrs 25 min
London to Johannesburg: 11 hrs 10 min
Total travel time with layovers: 29 hrs 15 minutes (not including 4 hr drive to Welkom)
Johannesburg to London: 11 hrs 10 min
London to Detroit: 8 hrs 50 min
Detroit to Des Moines: 1 hr 51 min
On the way home our travel time is a little shorter, only 26 hrs and 32 minutes.
Yikes!
I'm so excited for everything God is doing in my life and I'm thrilled to be going on this trip. I'm not as thrilled about the long flights, but I think all of them are overnight, so hopefully we'll be able to get some sleep and it will be kind of dark in the plane. The longest flight I've ever taken was only 4 1/2 hours, so this will definitely be a new experience for me. I've never even used a bathroom on a plane! Oh boy... can't wait for that! And I have another question... do I wear the same clothes for 30 hours straight??? I wish you could all go with me on this trip. I guarantee it will be such entertainment:)
Today's Song of the Day
Africa
Toto
Sorry I had to do it!
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