February 24th
We checked out of the airport hotel around midnight (this morning) - hotel service was pretty bad but the rooms were good so we didn't fuss too much. We had a hard time finding our checkin counter as it was on the opposite side of the airport and there are no signs, just letters from A-O and we were at M for checkin and at A when we got out of the hotel. When we got to the counter after waiting in line for about 30 minutes, the counter person told us that there were no seats together for this flight as we didn't have confirmed seats...DAMN KAVITA! Kavita was the travel agent who booked our flights, hotels and tour and everyone had great challenges with her. We asked her to ensure we had seats together on all flights and she said not to worry and that the seats she could confirm early were done and the others wouldn't be a problem since we booked together. Well that was not the case!
We waited in security line ups which felt like forever, we had to clear Indian customs again and of through security checks, but in India, you walk through the metal detector thingy next to the baggage scanner and then the men are patted down and wanded, but the women have to go into this little booth with curtains where they pat us down and wand us. The line we were In didn't have a woman in the booth, so they put a number in our bin with some of our items and sent us to the next line to go through the metal detector and booth....which took FOREVER and we didn't take our passports with us and all of our stuff was out of site while people kept moving through and grabbing their items. We were freaking out, as well as the many other women in the same boat as us as it was feeling like the beginning of a bad ending to our journey. We finally made it through and they had our bags set aside - phew!
Funnily enough this is where Eva discovered she didn't lose the souvenirs as they found metal in her bag LOL, so after she dumped her bag all over the counter, we were able to move on.
We got on the plane and Eva was 4 rows ahead of me in the first row of a section, so she had lots of leg room. We had lovely middle seats (insert sarcasm and eye roll here). When the last person beside me arrived he sat down and was very tall, his legs were touching the back of the seat and the guy in front of him wouldn't have been able to recline his seat. So I offered for him to switch with Eva and he was excited to move and get the additional leg room, SCORE for us! So I sat in the window and Eva sat in the middle (she is smaller and there was a larger guy on the aisle seat). Flight went well and we slept pretty well the entire time except during meals :)
We arrived in Frankfurt around 7:00 am Frankfurt time and had to go through another security check before getting into their airport, so weird...we had already been cleared and only went to the plane and into this airport, but apparently they are super secure LOL.
Now we wait to get on our flight to Calgary, we board at 9:45 am and should arrive in Calgary around 1:00pm - we are travelling back in time as we were in the future! Not sure if we clear Canadian customs in Calgary or Edmonton, so we might be screwed for making our flight to Edmonton on time, but we will cross our fingers and wait and see.
Can't wait to be home! Eva and I are both sick now so we are super pleasant and cheerful LOL.
See you all soon!
Miranda
We checked out of the airport hotel around midnight (this morning) - hotel service was pretty bad but the rooms were good so we didn't fuss too much. We had a hard time finding our checkin counter as it was on the opposite side of the airport and there are no signs, just letters from A-O and we were at M for checkin and at A when we got out of the hotel. When we got to the counter after waiting in line for about 30 minutes, the counter person told us that there were no seats together for this flight as we didn't have confirmed seats...DAMN KAVITA! Kavita was the travel agent who booked our flights, hotels and tour and everyone had great challenges with her. We asked her to ensure we had seats together on all flights and she said not to worry and that the seats she could confirm early were done and the others wouldn't be a problem since we booked together. Well that was not the case!
We waited in security line ups which felt like forever, we had to clear Indian customs again and of through security checks, but in India, you walk through the metal detector thingy next to the baggage scanner and then the men are patted down and wanded, but the women have to go into this little booth with curtains where they pat us down and wand us. The line we were In didn't have a woman in the booth, so they put a number in our bin with some of our items and sent us to the next line to go through the metal detector and booth....which took FOREVER and we didn't take our passports with us and all of our stuff was out of site while people kept moving through and grabbing their items. We were freaking out, as well as the many other women in the same boat as us as it was feeling like the beginning of a bad ending to our journey. We finally made it through and they had our bags set aside - phew!
Funnily enough this is where Eva discovered she didn't lose the souvenirs as they found metal in her bag LOL, so after she dumped her bag all over the counter, we were able to move on.
We got on the plane and Eva was 4 rows ahead of me in the first row of a section, so she had lots of leg room. We had lovely middle seats (insert sarcasm and eye roll here). When the last person beside me arrived he sat down and was very tall, his legs were touching the back of the seat and the guy in front of him wouldn't have been able to recline his seat. So I offered for him to switch with Eva and he was excited to move and get the additional leg room, SCORE for us! So I sat in the window and Eva sat in the middle (she is smaller and there was a larger guy on the aisle seat). Flight went well and we slept pretty well the entire time except during meals :)
We arrived in Frankfurt around 7:00 am Frankfurt time and had to go through another security check before getting into their airport, so weird...we had already been cleared and only went to the plane and into this airport, but apparently they are super secure LOL.
Now we wait to get on our flight to Calgary, we board at 9:45 am and should arrive in Calgary around 1:00pm - we are travelling back in time as we were in the future! Not sure if we clear Canadian customs in Calgary or Edmonton, so we might be screwed for making our flight to Edmonton on time, but we will cross our fingers and wait and see.
Can't wait to be home! Eva and I are both sick now so we are super pleasant and cheerful LOL.
See you all soon!
Miranda
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