WE ARE FINALLY AT RAMSTIEN, GERMANY BUT YOU WON'T BELIEVE HOW WE GOT HERE!

WELL, WE HAD TO LEAVE THE TIMSHARE EARLY THIS MORNING SINCE WE HAD AN EARLY TRAIN...AND...ONE THING ABOUT ME IS THAT I USUALLY CAN SLEEP 24 HOURS A DAY, BUT IF I KNOW THAT I HAVE TO CATCH A PLANE OR A TRAIN, I CANNOT SLEEP. SUCH WAS THE CASE LAST NIGHT. I WENT TO BED AT NINE AND WOKE UP EVERY 15 MINUTES WORRYING THAT THE ALARM WOULD NOT WORK. I GAVE UP AT 1:30 AM AND GOT UP AND GOT READY TO GO. TOM GOT UP ABOUT 2:30 AND WE GOT READY AND LEFT THE TIMSHARE AT 3:30...SORRY MR. ROOSTER, YOU DID NOT GET US THIS TIME, WE GOT OUT! wE GOT TO THE TRAIN STATION AT 4:30 AM AND LEFT ON THE FIRST TRAIN AT 6:30 AM. iT TOOK A CAR, 2 TRAINS, A PLANE, A BUS, THREE MORE TRAINS AND A VAN TO GET US HERE TO RAMSTEIN AFB 13 1/2 HOURS LATER. HARD TO BELIEVE AND IT WAS A MAD RUSH FROM ONE TRAIN TO ANOTHER, WE ALMOST HAD TO JUMP LIKE INDIANA JONES FROM ONE TRAIN ONTO ANOTHER. THE ICING ON THE CAKE WAS WHEN WE WERE ON OUR LAST TRAIN THAT WE MET A YOUNG MOM AND HER 2 KIDS AND SHE INSISTED THAT SHE TAKE US FROM THE TRAIN STAION TO OUR HOTEL HERE ON BASE. SHE SAID THAT IF WE TOOK A TAXI THEY COULD JUST TAKE US TO THE GATE AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO DRAG OUR LUGGAGE FOR ABOUT TWO MILES, SOUNDS LIKE FUN WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN UP FOREVER, SHE WAS GREAT...HER HUSBAND IS CURRENTLY DEPLOYED IN AFGHANISTAN. THE HOTEL HERE IS OUT OF THIS WORLD, JUST TWO YEARS OLD AND A REAL LUXURY HOTEL FOR $39 A NIGHT...MILITARY RATE....IT IS JUST GORGEOUS......AND IT IS RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE AIRFIELD WHERE THE PLANES ARE WAITING TO FLY TO THE
U.S.! hOPEFULLY WE WILL BE ON ONE MONDAY OR TUESDAY..WE ARE READY TO COME HOME. AT LEAST HERE EVERYONE ON THE BASE SPEAKS ENGLISH, SO THINGS ARE MUCH EASIER...RIGHT NOW I AM TOO TIRED TO WRITE ANYMORE SO........I AM SIGNING OFF...WILL POST TOMORROW.