Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Unaccompanied Minors

Okay, so maybe the title doesn't apply to me, but the situation is about the same. I was supposed to have a flight out of VIE at 12 to Dublin where I would meet up with more CIMBA people. I left the hostel at 9, got the the airport by 10. Waited in line for and hour to check in and check my bag, met a nice Australian man who told some cool stories from his travels only to find out that my flight reservation has been lost. Well I have already paid for this flight and I have traveled through Europe for 3 months without problems so for a seasoned pro like me this came as quite a shock. I ended up talking to supervisors for 2 hours and missed the flight. Luckily the VIE airport has free wifi everywhere so I was able to message Callie and Caroline who were flying to Dunlin from Nice to meet me. Well, after some time later I was issued a new ticket for 12pm the next day. Yep 24 hours from now was the next flight to Dunlin on any airline. I looked for all other alternatives but it was much too expensive and complicated. So, guess who is sleeping in the airport...THIS GIRL! Just kidding, did you really think I was going to sleep in an airport? Ha! I got a hotel and 24 hours later, 50 games of solitaire, a finished book and a 4 hour viewing of Gone With the Wind...here I am...in the Vienna airport...waiting for my last flight in Europe before I fly home...Oh amd then the next day i had to pay 4€ for a cappuccino, in Italy it is 1.50€ at most and the guy at security strip searched my carry on while I got patted down because he mistook my tweezers for scissors. Oh Vienna, how you spoil me so! On the bright side, I got my second passport stamp! This whole time I have been asking people at airports for passport stamps and I finally go one because I am flying out of the Schengen area. I wish I would have gone to Dublin sooner so I could have more stamps!!

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