Members of a Mountain View (CA) high school choir whose recent trip to Europe was unexpectedly extended by a volcano eruption in Iceland returned to school Monday.
The Mountain View High School Madrigals were stranded in Paris for a week past their return date after the ash cloud from the volcano prompted airport closures throughout the region.
Paris may not seem like a bad place to be stuck, but choral director Jill Denny said today that once all the expenses are tallied, the cost of the extra days could reach $50,000.
“Initially, everybody was really jubilant that the stay was extended, but it quickly turned to the reality that they couldn’t leave and some were homesick,” she said.
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