Arriving in USA

We finally made it to America.  Our flight from Zurich to Washington-Dulles went well....but I can't say the same for our transfer in Washington.  In Washington we were supposed to board a plane to fly to Harrisburg PA at 16:45, this flight would only take us 55 minuets.  Well the plane boarded 15 minuets late, we sat on the plane for about 30 minuets, and then they told us we needed to get off the plane.  There was a storm coming so the captan informed us takeoff would be delayed.  After waiting for a bit we boarded again drove out to take off got to the take off strip then the captain informed us that we would need to wait 30 minuets so we pulled off and waited.  At the end of the 30 minuets the weather had not improved to the plane went back to the terminal, but lightening had started and because of the danger of being hit by lightening the ground crew did not come out.  By the time we finally got off the plane and down to the baggage claim it was about 22:00. Getting our baggage was the next challenge.  So many flights were being cancelled it was total confusion.  In the end we finally got our baggage and after going 24 hours without sleep (calculating the time difference) we ended up spending the night on some chairs in the baggage claim area and took the first flight out at 8:26 the next morning.