I HATE TRAVELING DAYS!

[jenni_blog]

TRAVELING DAYS are what I call the ones that you spend in airports and on airplanes, or possibly trains/buses or whatever, but most of the day is spent traveling and you pretty much can't do anything else.

Well, today for me was Traveling Day from Hell. First, I was all nervous and I couldn't sleep too well last night so I stayed up late and got up early this morning. And decided to go to the airport early, just in case there was a traffic jam on the way there or something. BIG mistake!!!



The flight from Bilbao was delayed because of a bad snowstorm in Paris. (What else does it EVER do in Paris???) :( We actually sat on the plane for over an hour waiting, waiting, and waiting until the pilot got clearance to take off!

Btw, it was about 20 degrees C in Bilbao, sunny and warm. And green, of course. Beautiful, beautiful green. What a contrast to Paris, which was just COVERED in snow but it had stopped snowing, thank god. Except that ALL the flights were affected. We got into Paris too late for me to catch my connecting flight to Berlin. The next Air France flight was due to leave at 6:15 PM. At this time it was about 4:15 (or it might even have been later) and I said, "Oh, that's not too bad!"

But THAT flight got delayed too, and ended up leaving finally at 7:45 PM instead of 6:15!!! I finally got into Berlin at around 9:30, took a taxi to my hotel and the first thing I did was order room service because I noticed they had tapas, the next best thing to pintxos!!!! Nom. Nom. I've just finished eating them (they were GOOD) and now I'm making this post. The hotel is really, really nice. It's the NH Berlin. I had stayed in the NH Schipol in Amsterdam last year, so I knew how nice these hotels were.

OK I'm knackered and I'm babbling about uninteresting stuff now. So I'm going to bed and see what's on TV. I have a million comments and stuff to reply to, which I am dying to get to but will have to wait until tomorrow. XDDD AND I can't believe I'm not in Bilbao anymore! It's too sad and heartbreaking. But I don't want to dwell on it. Suffice to say that while aboard the first flight I had a little nap and for some reason dreamt about Javi Martinez! XD

Good night everyone, from Berlin! ♥



EDIT: I think I spent about 11 hours today just waiting around at 2 airports, and less than 4 hours flying. O_O

Comments

[txorakeriak.livejournal.com]

Oh noes, how awful! I was really keeping my fingers crossed for your trip today, hoping there would not be any more delays or cancellations or general annoyances! :( Seriously, I don't understand how Paris can have worse weather than Germany. Here it's just cold and wet but there are no snow storms! Stupid Paris!

Anyway, I'm glad to hear you arrived safely in the end and weren't too knackered! And I had to snicker when you mentioned the tapas! Dude, ever since I tried them the first time, I can't get enough of them. I actually bought myself three cookbooks for tapas just so I won't ever run out of ideas. XD (And I can't wait to get pintxo recipes from Iratxe! :D)

And don't be too sad about having had to leave Bilbao. I know perfectly well how much it hurts, but YOU SHALL COME BACK! :D

(You dreamt about Javi Martínez? *is very very interested and also a bit envious* XD)

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

Hahahaha. OMG no!!! One of the Xmas presents I brought to Bilbao for you is a tapas cookbook!!!! *facepalm* Never mind! Since I've had to carry the gifts with me anyway, let me take them back home and replace the cookbook with something far more useful! XDDD

OMG did Iratxe tell you that her mother has a 500-page recipe book for pintxos? It's a pdf file that someone printed out. It sounds positively awesome. I was looking online for recipes as well and found a few that were very similar to some of the pintxos I ate!

Oh yes, you can be VERY sure I WILL come back to Bilbao!!!!♥♥♥

(OMG yes, I dreamt about Javi while the side of my head was pressed to the airplane next to the window!) He was dressed in the exact same sexy clothes he was wearing at Lezama when I saw him. He and I were talking about all sorts of things and when I said I wanted to stay because I was in love with Bilbao, he turned and indicated the open field with a sweep of his arm. I'm sure there was more but I remember vividly the sound of his voice and the very warm, cuddly feeling I got from that dream. Nothing too sexy (except for Javi himself) but that's alright. It was still good! XDDDD

[txorakeriak.livejournal.com]

I'm actually not supposed to use my BlackBerry for LJ when I'm at work but I really need to reply to your comment just now. PLEASE don't take the book back!! There is no such thing as too many tapas cookbooks, each one is different, and I really really want another! So don't take the stuff back, and if you want to save money you can go to a post office in Berlin and post everything from there! :D I sadly have to wait a while until I can post your presents because Lufthansa still haven't returned my suitcase to me. But I will send your presents as soon as possible!

Iratxe said she'll send me her recipes, I'm so excited! :D

OMG, that Javi dream! How adorable! It's exactly how I'd imagine him to be. Ah, I love him. :)

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

OMG...LOL. Okay, I won't take the book back! I was actually thinking of asking my friend here to take me to the nearest post office so I can send off your present(s). I brought your address with me, so it should be no problem!!! XDDDD

I also need to get some of those recipes from Iratxe!!! I'm pretty sure I told her I want them!!!

Oh god, Bill, I miss Bilbao and the Athletic guys so much already! I was feeling the pang of regret this morning that I was so overwhelmed at Lezama and didn't pose for pics with Javi and Llorente! (It would have been awesome to get them both to pose with me at the same time...one of them on either side. Although they didn't come out of the dressing room together...in fact, Javi came first and Llorente made his entrance at the end!!!) I keep looking at the pics Iratxe took on my camera and...gahhhhh...I want to go back!!!!! *sobs*

[vivi-javi.livejournal.com]

Sorry to interrupt :) but I reli want to say I also want to get both Javi and Llorente to pose with me at the same time for a pic :P It would be even better if they are wearing suits! Am I too greedy??? But before that I have to google translate my request first coz I don't think they can understand English :P

[blue-eyed-miss.livejournal.com]

Awww no the snow is causing problems everywhere, shitty cold weather wish it would go away, it was -10 degrees this morning when I went to work and it only went upto -3.5 degrees all day. The weather in Bilbao sounds far nicer !!

NH Hotels are nice, no ?? Anyway, have fun in Berlin :)

Btw what day do you fly home ??

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the cold weather is the shits alright! I was trying to figure out a way to stay in Bilbao short of actually sleeping in a haystack. I suppose I could have asked Javi if I could stay at his place. XD

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

Sorry! I forgot to say what day I fly home. It's this coming Sunday...Dec. 12th! And I am due back to work on Monday! Let's hope the flights will not be TOO late. And that the weather in Toronto is not TOO cold either! :/

[thinking-lotus.livejournal.com]

It's always colder in Paris :-(

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

I suppose that's what it is. At least everything did get underway, although slower than normal. All the travelers seemed to be in good spirits, so I suppose that's the main thing. :)

[lhuneldaiel.livejournal.com]

Oh goodness, sounds like another journey from hell! It has been crazy all over Europe with the winter weather. Here in the NL we had snowstorms, then two days of the country being covered in fog and flights delayed here as well.

Enjoy Berlin! I loved it when I visited in 2005 with work. We were on a culinary expedition - with the restaurant and bar crew - and Berlin has some extraordinary restaurants. Plus the sightseeing is amazing, so much history in this city. Have fun!

♥

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

LOL...I am getting used to the journeys from hell. Only two more and then I'm home.

My first day in Berlin was great. Very enjoyable despite the fact it was snowing the whole time. Took a tram and walked some as well. Went to the Brandenburg Gate, looked at some of the Christmas markets, stopped for coffee and then had a nice, relaxing dinner. I didn't want to do too much on the first day.

Came back to the hotel and watched an Argentine football match on my laptop! LOL.

[lady--croft.livejournal.com]

You know I really don't see what all the excitement about Paris is. OK well there is a lot to see and do but any time I hear about it from people who have visited indicate that the weather is ALWAYS terrible. When I was there for a stopover it rained the whole time...so much for April in Paris. I hope you have a great time in Berlin and don't have to deal with too many more 'travel days'.