We started our way from New Haven to Newark airport at 6.30. With our flight to El Salvador leaving at 12, and around 3 hours to get to the airport in rush hour, it looked like we had plenty of time. But when we reached George Washington Bridge and minutes and more minutes passed without us moving (literally, with the motor off) we started to lose hope that we would be in the air any time soon. Two hours and a half stuck in traffic and we had only advanced 100 meters. Obviously, by then, I had started to have serious needs (once again, we had left the house without any breakfast and to entertain myself, I had drunk a litter of water), but being my needs important, they were not close as vital as those of the car…. In the middle of the traffic-jam and the hurry, the it ran out of gas. Matthew had to make a little walking tour around the Bronx, to get a gallon of gas (which we managed to spill around the road as we are not very experience in emergency refilling). As traffic didn’t look like clearing up any time soon, and we had long time ago missed our plane, we decided to take a little break in the Bronx, were we and the car were able to stock up. When we finally arrived at the airport the good news were that they were able to put us on the next plane, the bad ones that we were on stand-by. Fourteen hours and a backache later and we were on our way to Houston, Texas. Impossible to get on the next flight to El Salvador, so another long wait with limited hope to get on the next flight… When we were already planning a visit to NASA headquarters…. Yes, there are two free seats, and they are for us!Well, the joys of travelling… patience and more patience!
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