We had a whirled wind few days - taking an island tour (we saw some honu!), meeting the Travis' for ice cream, and having another Aloha/Bon Voyage party for the three of us with our Hawaii friends. Oh yeah, we also did administrative things and bought a new washer/dryer. By time Thursday came, we were still frantically checking to see if our visas would make it. And they did! So we had to quickly pack and get to the airport!
In DC most of the French side of Team France packed for a year what the American side packed just for the weekend. So after being shamed, we did trim our bags down a lot - but still, when we weighed our bags, we were overweight - not a big surprise. What was a big surprise was the $400 bill for the overweight bags! The extremely nice agent took pity on us and refunded our money and also stamped up as Elite so we could board early to ensure a place for our other huge bags.
Its been a long 4 months between finding out Erin was accepted and leaving for France. And along the way we have had bad luck (and expensive bad luck) - our car battery dying, needing to replace our curtains, and our washer and drying needing replaced. But we have also had some incredible people along the way to counteract the bad stuff - all the help the Fulbright people gave us, the grant itself, mine and Erin's family for the generous gifts, Jeff/Belinda/John for hosting us in DC, our Hawaii friends (especially Helen) for the wonderful party, and the very nice Continental (of course!) agent helping us leave without costing us a fortune!
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