For most people flying, they do not have a difficult time. But mine was quite different.
My flight from Naples (my host country) to Kansas (my home) was supposed to only take about 13 hours, but it ended up being 83.5 hours! Before coming to Italy, I had never taken a plane across the seas.
I was grateful my parents were with me for my flight back because we had cancellation after cancellation. My journey was quite memorable.
1. "Departure": Napoli, Italy - Newark, New Jersey
The initial departure was supposed to be July 10that 9:55 am (ROMA), but we were on the terminal for five hours, until they finally told us "our flight was canceled due to various reasons". And the next possible flight was tomorrow at 9:30 am (ROMA).
2. Departure: Naples, Italy – Newark, New Jersey
Once we arrived to leave Naples, they had two planes going to the same place but one hour later. Our ticket said that we were leaving with the first group filled with all the others whose flight got canceled. Right as we were starting to board, they told us we were actually the 2ndflight. We also had an hour delay which made us miss our connecting flight from Newark to Chicago. 10 minutes before landing in Newark, I had a massive migraine from the change of air pressure.
3. Departure: Newark, New Jersey - Kansas City, Missouri?
Once we arrived at the airport, I couldn't walk without falling over, so I got to get a ride in a wheelchair. Which has its perks because originally we had about 1 hour to get through security, get our new tickets, and then go through customs. We got to go to the front of the line, and we got a direct flight to Kansas City. 10 minutes before boarding the flight to Kansas City, they say our flight was canceled due to "The crew has worked too many hours" and also "due to bad weather".
4. Departure: Newark, New Jersey - Houston, Texas
2 days later, and one less sleep deprived day, we made it to Houston. That was our only "normal" flight.
5. Departure: Houston, Texas - Kansas City, Missouri
We waited for twos hours because we weren't going to miss our last flight. And then about 20 minutes before our original flight time, they said that "The crew has not arrived yet, so we cannot let you board yet".
They arrived about 10 minutes before our flight left. Once we were boarding we noticed how small the plane was, it fit about 70 people.
I really never thought I would miss Kansas, but after this flight, I was so excited to come back home where everything was normal.