Pictures from this morning.

Lesson learned – never ever book with some Internet provider who you have never heard of.  The cost of a ticket a week before flying to Europe is considerable, but not outrageous. Trying to check in the evening before the flight turns out to be impossible. Some idiot had reversed my name to make Friderike my last name, and so the airline would not acknowledge my passport.  I spend literally over 2 hours on the phone with the internet travel agency who tells me they can’t do anything other than offer me a new booking for well over $2000 the day before flying. What can I do. Then they cancel the old flight and tell me I have to eat that cost as well, because it is too late to refund.

They also have to change the times, so a 2 hour layover becomes a 4 hour layover, and they do not give me a seat assignment until practically boarding, which is NOW.  I am done before I even started. From now on only deal with airlines directly.  Should I ever fly again, towards which I am currently not favorably inclined.

 

Stay Tuned.  I might make it to Hamburg after all.