We had arranged a taxi to take us to the airport. Terry and Joanne were staying for a couple more days. So we spent the morning rearranging the stuff in our suitcases to be below the weight limit. (We had to move stuff from our suitcases to our backpacks on the way over because we were overweight.) The taxi arrived at 10 and we were off. We got checked in and relaxed in the lounge for awhile. We went to the gate and discovered that the flight to Frankfurt was late but we could still make our flight to Boston. We boarded the plane and then sat on the tarmac for awhile. By then it was obvious that our connection was going to be really tight.
In Frankfurt the gate agent told us that we might make our Boston flight so we ran through the airport to the next gate, which was the last gate on a different concourse. The plane was still on the ground but they had closed the doors and wouldn’t reopen them. We walked to customer service and waited 45 minutes to speak to someone. Luckily we had befriended another couple from Newton who were in a similar situation. Lufthansa gave us a hotel voucher. We took the shuttle to the hotel and went to the dining room for dinner after dumping our stuff in out room. We had a very nice dinner with our new friends, Al and Barbara.
We took the plane the next day without any problems and made it home by 7pm that evening. All’s well that ends well!