The cozy patio and the would be travelers and chauffer!
The Blockhouse
The peacock
Our original flight to MI was planned and we were ready! We had packed light, only three suitcases, and were ready for the trip! The kids had finished the last day of school for the year and we were Michigan bound. This time our adventures began in Hamburg, Germany.
We started out with snacks and our movie player and hit the road. The plan? We were to stay at Andrea's flat in Hamburg, wake up early and fly to MI the next morning. We arrived with good time to explore the city a little and even ate at a reasonably priced German/Americanesque restaurant called the Blockhouse. Honestly, it is a chain restaurant that is kid friendly with menus that mimic Ruby Tuesday's. Andrea's flat was directly in front of the Hamburg Art Museum, and really lovely! It couldn't have been more perfect for us! The childrens beds were made and there were even chocolates set out for us to enjoy! Sooo nice! Andrea's peacock greeted us at the door with his mate the Zebra...much to Sophie's dismay! ;) She walked around the Zebra rug whenever possible, and never took her eyes off of the Peacock!
So, we set out early the next morning - with sleepy but eager faces, and arrived at the airport, loaded the luggage, said our goodbyes to Finnie and prepared to board our flight
1. First announcement: approximately 15 minutes behind
2. Second announcement: a half hour delay
3. Third announcement: the flight has been cancelled entirely please proceed to the counters where you will be reassigned a flight and new boarding passes.
Cue camera to approximately 200 travelers scrambling to the ticket counter in stampede-like fashion, before this mom and her three sleepy children could even stand! Needless to say...we were last in line! Approximately 3 hours later, we finally made it to the ticket counter where the woman asked..."Your final destination?", to which I replied, "Detroit, MI, USA", and her jaw visibly dropped. Some mumbling in German to three supervisors and she explained..."We have no flights for you for approximately 2-3 days." You can imagine my face..."Whaaat?". After a few more whispered conversations in German and the woman returns and states that they might have an option to fly us out the next day via our nightmare carrier Lufthansa, to Frankfurt and Frankfurt to Detroit! At this point, we agree take our luggage and wait...again...but this time for Finnie's return as he had made it almost back to Denmark before he had to turn tail and come collect us again! As Charlie Brown would say, "GOOD GRIEF!!"
Fortunately, we were able to return to Andrea's and explored Hamburg a bit more. It is a lovely city with lots of shops and sidewalk cafes. We decided that after a morning like that...we needed something that was good for the soul... Ice Cream !!!
Finnie giving poor Philip the news that he would be staying in Hamburg for one more night.
On the airport shuttle in Hamburg
The best part about having your flight rescheduled? Getting upgraded to Business Class for an 8 hour trip!
Bailey and Max relaxing in first class luxury! There is something to be said for receiving ice cream sundaes three times from Germany to Detroit! It was good to be a kid this time around. (Ok, so it wasn't to rough for me either...I was handed champagne and an orange juice immediately after boarding)
4 comments:
I cannot believe you flew business class!!!! I bet it was hard coming back home in coach!!! What a great story!!!
I have never seen anyone keep a peacock inside a home before!
Business class seems like the least they could do!
2-3 Days? Yikes, what airline were you flying??
We flew Air France, and other than our obvious issues at first they were still much nicer to us than the staff was on Lufthansa over Christmas!! :)
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