maintenance and repair

This trip back home took us, Franziska, Alex and me, approximately 30 hours, which we did not expect at all! It was very nice of Kathy Skinner to bring us to the airport. Our flight from Charlotte to Frankfurt changed directions after we had already travelled in that aircraft for 2 hours. The captain recognised that one of the navigation appliances needed for a transatlantic flight was not working properly. Consequently, we made a U-turn to Philadelphia. There, we had the device exchanged. After 12,5 hours in the same aircraft, we arrived in Frankfurt. However, U.S. Airlines was excellently organised so that we got the next available flight back to Dresden. Congrats!
Now, I am back home again. Still exhausted, although the trip was not as stressful as I had expected. And I am looking forward to what our group will work out so that the students of the English Department will learn from our trip and from our project. So, watch out for our display! (from mid-april on)