I'm stranded. Not somewhere on an Island but in the United States. A victim of a volcano whos name I can't even spell nor pronounce.

A week ago we took our fligh from Stuttgart to Atlanta to do some work here for our company. Another colleague who was on the same flight told me, that he would stay in Atlanta for 2 weeks. "Wow" I thought by myself, that's long. I was pretty sure that I would be home by the weekend. I was wrong, really wrong.

While our flight was still on schedule on Friday morning, that changed after we arrived at the airport. After waiting in front of the information counter for nearly 3 hours we got an alternative flight which is now due on next Monday. I'd be happy if this is really going to happen... Right now it looks as if this flight is getting canceled as well.

I'm stranded. Not somewhere on an Island but in the United States. A victim of a volcano whos name I can't even spell nor pronounce.

A week ago we took our fligh from Stuttgart to Atlanta to do some work here for our company. Another colleague who was on the same flight told me, that he would stay in Atlanta for 2 weeks. "Wow" I thought by myself, that's long. I was pretty sure that I would be home by the weekend. I was wrong, really wrong.

While our flight was still on schedule on Friday morning, that changed after we arrived at the airport. After waiting in front of the information counter for nearly 3 hours we got an alternative flight which is now due on next Monday. I'd be happy if this is really going to happen... Right now it looks as if this flight is getting canceled as well.

Dieses Jahr waren wir zum Jahreswechsel nach langer Zeit mal wieder auf Wangerooge. Unglücklicherweise ist kurz vor dem geplanten Abreisetermin die Batterie des Audis kaputt gegangen und so haben wir unter etwas beengten Platzverhältnissen die 650 KM von Pforzheim nach Carolinensiel (dort ist der Hafen zur Inselfähre) im Porsche zurückgelegt. Letztendlich haben wir bei moderater Reisegeschwindigkeit die ganze Strecke mit nur einer Tankfüllung geschafft. Ein Schnitt von rund 9 Liter - erstaunlich bei über 320 PS. In Carolinensiel sind wir dann am frühen Nachmittag angekommen. Dort blies der Wind mit für uns ungewohnter Stärke und so waren wir froh, daß wir bald an Bord der Fähre konnten. Dann noch schnell ein paar Kilometer mit der Inselbahn zurückgelegt und wir waren im Dorf Wangerooge.