After three flight delays, a cancelled flight, re-routing through Scotland, four lost bags, a five hour rental car drive on the wrong side of the road (left!) from Scotland to our original destination, a mix up between an online booking company and our car rental company, which resulted in me not being able to rent a car, being rescued by team-mom-of-the-year, Annie Merson, a few wrong turns and one wild ride through the rainy Welsh country side at 2AM, TEAM USA HAS FINALLY MADE IT TO WALES! And that's the condensed version of my first 48 hours back in Europe... Click here to read on

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