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)

[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 ??

[thinking-lotus.livejournal.com]

It's always colder in Paris :-(

[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!

♥

[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'.