My Reenactment of the Exodus
So leaving Ethiopia is never easy. Saying goodbye to friends, favorite places, and such exotic experiences is never easy, but who knew it would be so difficult for me to escape this year.... My initial flight from Addis to Beirut was delayed by an hour. As a result, I was bumped from my Beirut-Istanbul flight (even though they seated me on the plane, then pulled me off and let 30 other ppl take my seat). At 3:30 AM, I am not a happy person, and I am a very unhappy person when I'm kicked off a flight I should be on. I argued with the Turkish Air manager for an hour, demanding some form of compensation (miles, flights, lounge pass, food, heads to roll) to no avail. They offered to put me in a hotel for the night but without any guarantee of flying out within the next 3 days...I don't think so. Instead, I brilliantly took their offer of taking a cab to Damascus (which is in Syria as I conveniently forgot at the moment of truth) and flying from Damascus-Istanbul. At this point it&#