The first day of travels we left Salalah and drove an hour to Thumrait to catch the RAFO flight to Muscat. It was my first experience on a military flight. We were in actual jump seats! There were other families on board. The men get to board first and sit on one side of the plane. The women and children go last and sit on the other side of the plane. I was the only woman traveling on that plane without a burka! Once we landed in Muscat, the men get off first and are transported to the terminal on one bus. Then the women and children board a different bus and go to the terminal. Very interesting experience for me. Even though I respect the culture here, there are a lot of things I don't understand. We stayed in Muscat all day! We were able to have a short visit with some friends (Kevin and Erin) we made in the beginning of our Oman adventures. Then we were off to the Muscat airport to depart once again. We flew from Muscat to Qatar and had a 5 hour lay-over!!! The picture above is of the girls taking a snooze before our 7 hour flight to Frankfurt!
We landed in Frankfurt at 7 am. Got a rental car and drove to Ramstien (sp?). Along the way I kept seeing this sign . It made me laugh when Joel told me it meant "Exit"! You may not find it as funny as we did, but that goes to show our thought process and how much we think alike.