Stuck in Edinburgh...

So I woke up at 5.45am this morning and finished my packing and started walking to the bus stop. As I was going to the bus stop, I was thinking, "Hmmm, today is Sunday and the buses don't run that often, GREAT...", and sure enough, the next bus wasn't due for 30 minutes. So I started walking to the airport bus stop, which would have taken me 40 minutes at the least. So a taxi approached and I flagged it down. I got down to the airport bus stop and managed to catch the 7am bus to the airport. I got in line at the airport, checked in and made my way through security. So it was smooth sailing the entire morning and then my flight was delayed by an hour...

I waited about a half hour and all of a sudden it was white outside. A huge snow storm moved through Edinburgh airport for the next 4 hours and the entire airport shut down. One person I knew from class managed to take off right as they closed down the airspace. I waited until 2.30pm and when that time came, the flight status on the board said "Cancelled". I was so angry (and still am). I do not want to deal with this right now, I would just like to go home. The weather in Paris was quite bad so they shut that airport down as well because of bad weather. Now I have to work on trying to rebook my ticket and I was unable to get through to Air France because of the high volume of callers.

They open at 8am tomorrow morning, so I have my alarm set for 7.45am to prepare a long morning of trying to get through to someone because I'm assuming there are going to be thousands of people trying to get through to rebook their cancelled flights. I called Travelocity and they are going to try and get through to Air France and the guy with Travelocity said they have a direct line to call Air France so they should be able to come up with alternative dates for me to come. I'm really hoping they have flights available before Christmas because I will be quite upset if I don't make it out of here in time for Christmas. If I can't get through tomorrow or don't hear from Travelocity, then I'm heading down to the airport to the ticket check-in and talking to someone in person. I'm sure they can book tickets from the check-in counter with no problems. I officially hate snow...

To make things worse, I had to wait 30 minutes for my luggage and then buy another 6 pound return bus fare and then I picked up a city bus and managed to get on a bus that I thought went down all the way to my street, but it didn't. Let me tell you, pulling a suitcase in boots that have no traction (they are completely flat on the bottom) in slushy snow for 40 minutes is not my idea of a good time...

I spoke with a guy from Travelocity (after being on hold for an hour) and he told me they would call Air France via their direct line and arrange some different flights that I could choose from. He said to expect a call within the next 24-48 hours on that. So, I'm going to attempt to call Air France all day tomorrow, they open at 8am so I have my alarm set for 7.45am to wake up and get ready to start redialing all day long because there are going to be MANY people calling tomorrow morning to try and get a new flight. If I wasn't flying into Paris today, I would have been able to leave. Stupid snow, that's all I have to say. After all of these stressful exams and nothing but studying the last 3 months straight, this is not what I really want to deal with at this point, I really don't. Snow is only good for one thing, skiing, and that's IT! Even now, because of what the snow has done with the flights, puts me out of the "skiing mood" that I have been in for a while. Oh well! I guess things happen for a reason, so I'm just going to sit back and relax tonight and start frantically calling all over tomorrow and possibly heading down to the ticketing desk at the airport tomorrow. Hopefully I will be back for Christmas! I'll keep everyone posted! Wish me luck!