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OK, I made it
OK, I made it. Mostly. I'm in Hungary, but ...there are a few complications. First thing: only one of my bags arrived with me. The other one spent a little longer in London for some reason. I couldn't extract an explanation from the nice lady that helped me. It was funny though, after my bag didn't come up the luggage return, I went to ask about it. I said, "Hi". The lady at the lost luggage desk said, "What is your name?" I told her, and without having to explain anything, she said, "Mr Ericsson, yes, we know you bag is not here. It is in London. It will be here at 11:15 tonight. Just give us an address and we will deliver it to you." I was kind of impressed. They knew the bag wasn't there before I got there. Cool. But I didn't remember the address of my apartment, so I told her I'd call her when I knew what it was. It turned out to be good that I didn't tell her then.
When I got out to the lobby of the airport, two administrators from my school were waiting for me. After exchanging pleasantries they said, "Neal ...well...there has been a change. You cannot go to your apartment. It is under construction."
Hehehe.
Trefort decided to remodel and redecorate the apartment during the summer. This is a very good thing. The place wasn't in very good shape and had a lot of problems. So the bathroom has been gutted and replaced, most of the furniture is being replaced, and all the rooms are being repainted or re-wallpapered. And the best thing - We're getting a microwave!!!!! Oh that's so good. A microwave. Cool. I don't know if the workers got started late, of if they're just very slow, but the place is a wreck right now. all the furniture and our stuff is piled in the middle of the rooms, the toilet is in the hallway, and everything is covered in a thick layer of construction dust. So I'm now temporarily staying with one of the other teachers in a guest room at the school's dormitory. The plan is that we can move into our place on Friday or Saturday. I hope so. I want to unpack.
Oh yeah, I gave the airline my temporary address and they just dropped off my bag, so I'm all here now, but not in my own place yet. soon...(and it has a microwave!)
Posted by neal on Aug 28, 2002 at 01:07 PM | Comments (0)
On the plane
Right now I'm on the plane on my way back to Budapest. I'm mostly happy to being going back. Only one small thing is making me apprehensive. I can't find my keys. I don't know how I'm going to get into my apartment when I get there. I'm sure something will work out and I'll get in somehow, but I sure wish I had those keys.
Posted by neal on Aug 27, 2002 at 11:18 AM | Comments (0)