Finally in Cape Town

Well, I finally arrived in Cape Town Tuesday morning instead of the intended Sunday night. There were 8 students leaving from Chicago and we were scheduled to fly from Detroit to Amsterdam and then Cape Town. However, our flight to Detroit was delayed so we would have missed our connecting flight. After talking with the Delta customer service for 3 hours we were re-booked to fly out of Chicago Saturday night at 6:30 pm to New York and then a red-eye flight straight to Amsterdam.

We arrived in Amsterdam around 2:30pm on Sunday and our flight was not until Monday so we decided to explore. We took the train into Amsterdam city central and walked around the city. There were tons of people walking around, riding bikes and watching random street performers. I really enjoyed Amsterdam and would love to go back when I am more wake and have a few more days to explore. Since our flight was messed up, Delta paid to put up in a nice hotel in Amsterdam and we received free dinner and breakfast. Unfortunately the only way the global trotters (the 8 of us flying from Chicago) could make it to Cape Town was to split up.

Monday morning four of us headed to the airport and caught a flight from Amsterdam to Paris. We arrived in Paris around 2:30pm and decided to hop on the Metro and headed into the city. As we walked up the stairs of the train station, the Arc de Triomphe was right in front of us. From there we headed toward to infamous Eiffel Tower. We crossed the Seine River and were able to eat dinner under the Eiffel Tower as it sparkled at 6pm.

I will spare you on the rest of the details and to make a much longer story short…. I finally made it to Cape Town safe and sound!!!