Day #1 From Düsseldorf to Denver

The first day started early with a drive from from Frankfurt to Düsseldorf to meet with my parents and then move on to the airoport.

Our flight was with Northwest (or Northworst, as I might say). The plane was a Boeing 757, about the oldest you will get these days on Trans-Atlantic routes…
But it wasn't just that: Entertainment, there was none. Friendly staff on the plane – not that day. However, the legroom was very good, so I won't complain…

Anyways, we finally touched down in Detroit only to learn that we could not get off the plane because of a thunderstorm. So we had to wait for more than one hour until we finally were allowed to deplane. Had a hard time to get through US airport security but managed to make the connection to Denver by 20 minutes (the remainder of the 3.5 hours we originally had for this exercise).

When we finally arrived in Denver, we missed one suitcase. What a start. It was well after midnight when we finally made our way to the hotel in downtown Denver. It was just great to be in bed after this 26 hour trip…

This was our first day on the trip, thanks for taking your time to read through it. Will continue tomorrow!