2010-04-24
the volcano really set quite a few people back.
i figured i'd just deal with it, like i usually do when problems arise with travel.
kind of go with the flow.
well, in the end,
i postponed my shoot at marquis in solingen and prepared myself in amsterdam an extra day
i took the train to Dusseldorf. it set me back some euros.
then at the airport, i had to pay a bit for my over 20 kilo bag
since my air berlin service team card has expired - which i renewed at the airport
i went shopping and got gifts.
then waited at the gate
only to find out around boarding time that the flight was canceled.
ugh
back to the service desk to change my flight.
the woman suggested the maritim hotel.
which was insanely expensive.
but i was falling asleep on the luggage cart - which, by the way, ended up being where i left the gifts. :-(
who would have thunk i'd pay that much for a trip from Amsterdam to Vienna - ever!
AMS to DUS train - 90
Luggage --------------30
AirBerlin Card--------60
Gits---------------------70
Hotel------------------200
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that's 450 € !!!!
frak.
oh well. easy come, easy go? i don't know. it's kind of a large decent sized chunk.
fuk.
so, back to work because that was a lot of dosh to lose in one go, all for a bunch of ash.
but i guess better alive on the ground, rather than in a heap of crashed metal?
i figured i'd just deal with it, like i usually do when problems arise with travel.
kind of go with the flow.
well, in the end,
i postponed my shoot at marquis in solingen and prepared myself in amsterdam an extra day
i took the train to Dusseldorf. it set me back some euros.
then at the airport, i had to pay a bit for my over 20 kilo bag
since my air berlin service team card has expired - which i renewed at the airport
i went shopping and got gifts.
then waited at the gate
only to find out around boarding time that the flight was canceled.
ugh
back to the service desk to change my flight.
the woman suggested the maritim hotel.
which was insanely expensive.
but i was falling asleep on the luggage cart - which, by the way, ended up being where i left the gifts. :-(
who would have thunk i'd pay that much for a trip from Amsterdam to Vienna - ever!
AMS to DUS train - 90
Luggage --------------30
AirBerlin Card--------60
Gits---------------------70
Hotel------------------200
------------------------------
that's 450 € !!!!
frak.
oh well. easy come, easy go? i don't know. it's kind of a large decent sized chunk.
fuk.
so, back to work because that was a lot of dosh to lose in one go, all for a bunch of ash.
but i guess better alive on the ground, rather than in a heap of crashed metal?