Day 2 - Friday, January 5

The eagle has landed! LEAD Class 41 has officially landed in Tirana, Albania, after a long day of travel. The Denver crew landed in Frankfurt, Germany, at 12:04 PM local time. They had some time to kill before the Omaha crew landed. Two and a half hours to be exact! The Omaha crew landed about 2:00 PM local time. Both groups caught up in Terminal B to wait out the six hour layover before their final flight together to Tirana, Albania. 

After a short delay, the class landed at 11:12 PM local time. The tour guide and bus driver for the duration of time in Albania met the group to take us to our first hotel. We arrived at Nano Farms Resort around 1:00 AM local time and were given an authentic Albania welcome. The entire group was very excited to finally see a horizontal bed! After relaxing for a short time, preparations began for the first full day in Albania. With an eight hour time difference, the group was excited to finally get some good sleep. 

LEAD Class 41 is excited to see Albania in the daylight, specifically bright and early at 7:00 AM local time. 

*Today’s blog contributors are LEAD 41’s blog team consisting of Kari Christenson, Jakob Burke and MiK Fox.

Photos

View from plane window at Frankfurt, Germany, airport.

LEAD Fellows ready to depart for Tirana from Left to Right: MiK Fox, Joe Ruskamp and Anna Shadbolt.

Dr. Terry Hejny discusses his plane ride with fellows Kari Christenson, Anna Shadbolt and Amanda Berg

Fellows enjoy a bier at the Frankfurt airport. From Left to Right: Steve Vaughn, Lance Pachta, Chris Beerbohm, Caleb Ayers and Jon Lechtenberg.

Fellows Jon Lechtenberg and Allissa Troyer enjoy time before their last flight to Tirana.

Anna Shadbolt, MiK Fox, Amber Shane and Rhett Montgomery are grateful to finally get their luggage in Tirana.

LEAD 41 Fellows pictured with all of their luggage, ready to head to their hotel for the night.

The walk to the hotel from the bus was quite a haul with luggage in tow!