Sunday, September 29, 2013

The Longest Day

We ate a yummy breakfast at Portage Bay Cafe in Seattle this (yesterday) morning before we left. we ran into friends and as we chatted before being seated, we were asked what we were up to for the rest of the day. "oh, just flying to Europe!" Ha!
We arrived early for our flight at Sea Tac, grabbed some lunch, then had a very nice flight with Iceland Air. Roomier than other flights we have experienced and they handed us water bottles as we boarded. Lots of in flight entertainment to choose from, movies, music, tv shows, etc. Along with the image of the airplane route. We all tried to sleep, since we have now arrived in Iceland in the a.m.
Poor Amy caught a cold right before we left so she is in pain with the flights. Loaded up with Benadryl though!
Now we are sitting waiting to take off for Frankfurt . They overbooked the flight and had to take some people off and then unload their checked luggage and reload all the luggage. It is SO hot right now.
Writing later...we were not as pleased with this leg of the trip as it was hot and crowded! Finally got to Frankfurt! Yay! Hurried over to the train station and tried to figure out how to board the train to Berlin that was leaving in 11 minutes! The information desk was super helpful, and we even had time to grab pretzel sandwiches! We hurried onto the train and had no idea if seats were reserved or not, so just grabbed a few and ended up just fine! We all got good naps in, as well as enjoyed the beautiful countryside.
Arrived in Berlin, had our first majorly confusing experience trying to find our bus to get to the hostel, then wandering around to find our hostel. Made it, and got the suggestion to enjoy "kebap" for dinner. Yum! Found a local pub to enjoy a beer, and now we are all crashig after being up FOREVER! More pics later!

2 comments:

  1. So glad to see your smiling faces! You made it! This is so great! What a looong day for sure. You hopefully will sleep tonight well. What an adventure so far. Sorry about Amy's cold :( Hope you all stay very healthy and well. We watched your plane flying online! It is amazing you are all the way across the world blogging your adventures. Enjoy your first night! love you guys! mom and dad xxooo

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  2. Hope you are able to get some rest. Always a challenge with the time difference but hopefully the excitment of being in Germany will over ride that!

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