Second Day of Chaos

September 13, 2013 at 2:09 am  •  Posted in Italy by

As you may already know from my mom’s previous post, departure day was not the smoothest way to start out the trip. So i’m just gonna skip to the next day of our adventure. Our plane came late to the airport, and that came in handy the day before with all the crazy things happening, but sadly there must be a problem in our well planned and organized start to the trip. And this problem is that we were going to be an hour late to our connecting flight from Frankfurt to Florence because of a delay due to weather.

Lisa with the SW Freight guy who drove onto the tarmac to get our passports 1.5 hours before flight time!

Lisa with the SW Freight guy who drove onto the tarmac to get our passports 1.5 hours before flight time!

And sadly we could not be saved this time. We ran out of our plane with many others trying to catch their flights too, but, in Germany, they make you go through security again. Because of our large family they just wanted to get rid of us, so they put us in the fast lane. After we got out of security, we rushed to our gate only to find our flight had boarded and left.
Otto trying to be as stylish as all the International Travelers in Frankfurt

Otto trying to be as stylish as all the International Travelers in Frankfurt

Cool ticker board with all the flights in Frankfurt airport

Cool ticker board with all the flights in Frankfurt airport

Luckily the Frankfurt airport is what you would call luxurious. We booked a flight for 9:15 pm and went through the process of security and passport checks again. And do to the delay on the plane, Condor Airlines gave us 165 euros in vouchers for dinner. So we went to a Restaurant/cafe that definitely lived up to the Frankfurt, luxurious title. We spent the rest of our vouchers on candy and food to bring to Italy. We finally made it on our flight after dinner. Half of us fell right to sleep due to our red eye for twelve hours. We arrived in Florence after a very short day (because of the 9 hour time difference), completely exhausted!

Otto

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10 Comments

  1. Terry Aufranc / September 13, 2013 at 2:17 am /

    Gran Fan should be with you. She is an expert in complicated travel problems.

  2. Rayner Attisha / September 13, 2013 at 6:51 am /

    Widhing you a smooth sailing the rest of your trip! Otto rocks the “Neck Roll Hat”!

  3. Gina Peckman / September 13, 2013 at 7:53 am /

    Ok – Otto needs to buy a hat in every stop or at least take a picture of all the hats from around the world! We did this on a trip we were on and the people in the airport started to know who we were! Soooo fun! The guy with Lisa will be telling your story over and over you know that right??
    I miss you! Tell Lisa I was at AR’s two days in a row and everyone misses her! But they are doing great!!! You are probably drinking wine right now, so toast to today! xxoo
    BTW – the leadership group at Morgan’s HS is adopting Wescott’s project for their community project! Watch for books!!!!! YEAH!!!!

  4. Cari Johnson / September 13, 2013 at 7:54 am /

    Loving Otto’s Renaissance hat.

  5. Stephanie Craig (@steffinseattle) / September 13, 2013 at 11:30 am /

    Nice post Ott’s! Feel like I was right there with you, jeesh you must have been so tired.

  6. Ashley Winnie / September 13, 2013 at 4:22 pm /

    Always an adventure! Love the posts!! :-) we miss you already!

  7. Judith Dern / September 14, 2013 at 12:35 pm /

    OMG! “Exhausting” doesn’t begin to describe it! Two days and you are already travel pros! Yep, I know the Frankfurt airport and that second security check-in can make switching planes a nightmare. Glad they fed you.

  8. Deborah Jones / September 18, 2013 at 8:47 pm /

    Hey guys, the Jones Gang here, thinking and missing you! We just left you a crazy skype message! Sounds like the fun has just begun for your trip. Homecoming is this weekend, we’ll email pictures! Cant wait to read all about Florence after you get some sleep :) Love you guys!

  9. Tammy / October 16, 2013 at 8:30 pm /

    So much fun! What an adventure you guys are having. We laughed so hard at the David drawings! Thinking of you all every time we drive by your house! xo

    • Lisa / October 16, 2013 at 11:46 pm /

      Hi Tammy! Thanks so much for reading! We are having a blast adding mini art lessons like David and the salad competition :)

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