***Disclaimer: I am not proof reading this. The most you will probably get is a spell check. Most of the time this will be my stream of consciousness, which I hope you enjoy.
Katherine and I have officially begun our European adventure! Right now we are sitting in the Philadelphia airport waiting to board our flight to Munich. It is delayed a half an hour, which is I suppose is natural and pretty lucky considering it is a nighttime flight. Our flight from Norfolk to Philly was only 36 minutes, which was fantastic and a lot faster than I expected. Katherine and I tried to sit together (Katherine was sitting in the window seat in the aisle behind me and I was in the aisle seat) and the lady would not switch. It was kinda bizarre because in all honesty it wouldn’t have changed her seat selection. It would however remove her from sitting next to a baby. I’m chalking it up to maybe she had a little crush on Katherine. Bahaha.
Mom, Dad and I had a delicious lunch at Felinis and then met Katherine and her mom, dad, and John at the airport. We had to figure out how we were going to put our packs on the plane and finally settled (mostly because of the pushy and not that helpful TSA people) on just duct taping the straps to the pack and hoping that all goes well. We said out goodbyes and were off. Security was a breeze, so that is a good sign to start off the trip with.
At the Philly airport we checked in with the Munich desk and asked if there was anyway that we could get our seats changed to sit together. The lady said that she only had preferred seats open right now and that if we wanted to do that it would be $515, but if we cam back in a little bit, she would open them up and we could do it for free. So we went and got dinner, which we spent entirely too much on for two beers and two salads, and came back to try for the seat change. The lady gladly gave us the newly opened preferred seating, and now we are sitting together in row 13 of a big plane. We are hoping this means that we got bumped up to business class, but we will just have to wait and see.
We are sitting in the international gateway of the airport. The people who are sitting around us definitely look like international travelers. You should really see some of the outfits. One man is wearing all lime green, including lime green corduroys. I tried to get a picture of him, but it didn’t turn out very well and the flash went off so he realized what I was doing and it was pretty awkward.
The Philly Airport offers free wifi for college students. All you have to do is show an information desk your student id and they give you a free wifi coupon, which is nice because it enables me to update you good people. I think it is totally absurd to charge for wifi in a public place. Everything is about nickel and diming these days.
We should be landing in Munich at 9 in the morning. Our plan is to buy a one-day ticket for the Munich Metro and take it to the hostel. Check in, get organized, and then push hard through jetlag by seeing some museums (Deschutes and the BMW). Hopefully that will help with acclimating to the time change. The next day we are going to do Oktoberfest, which I am very excited because it was a huge focal point in the trip for me.
Welp thats all Ive got for right now. We should be boarding the plane soon so I am going to sign off. the next post should be from EUROPE! I know, how exciting! I hope all is well with everyone. Take it easy!
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