27.04.2020 Stuck on the Island

Though I have not spent much time talking about the situation here regarding the world wide impact of the COVID-19 virus on air travel we all know that most airports are closed at the moment and many airlines have cancelled flights. It is at this point still uncertain when air travel will go back to normal and the scheduled flights in the future will resume.  So far my return flight has not been cancelled but many of the volunteers that were meant to depart in the last few weeks are still here because their flights were cancelled and they have not been able to get home.  We have all placed ourselves on lists of the French Embassy for chartered return flights.  The German Embassy is collaborating with them regarding these repatriation flights that are Paris bound.  The airline hired for this job will be contacting us so we wait.  Last week one of the volunteers on this list got a slot and was able to return to Paris via an Air France flight.  Onward travel from there back to Germany will be left up to each of us individually.

The picture was taken just before her departure so we are now down to
8 volunteers pictured here in front of the MHM hospital.