Last night I went to bed at 10pm, got up once during the night (it was raining lightly), woke up at 5:15 and got up at 6am.
Today the adventure begins!
Teresa was afraid our bags were too heavy so she removed a
couple minor things.
We were packed and ready probably an hour before our 4:30
pickup. Byran arrived on time and we were at the airport in Rionegro by 5:30.
When they weighed our bags that were limited to 23kg they both weighed in
between 15-16kg. 😊
The Air Europa lady who checked our bags asked to see our marriage certificate
and wanted to know where we’re staying in Madrid and Athens. ☹ Anyway, she let us go.
We had a bite to eat upstairs in J&C Delicias.
Going through the ATS checkpoint a policeman wearing one of
those Smokey the Bear hats signaled Teresa out and took her into a separate
office. I learned it was because she was wearing a faja when they were patting
her down. He went into another office and I guess called someone or looked
something up on his computer because he soon let us go. Teresa bought a couple
of pastries at Juan Valdez. We were at the gate at least an hour before
our flight as were hundreds of others already in line. We grabbed two of the
last chairs when someone got up right next to us.
We boarded at 6:15 and our seats, 33C & 33D, that I
thought would be right across from each other were slightly staggered like I
was across from 32D and 33D. We thought Teresa was going to get lucky as no one
was sitting in the middle seat next to her but a young lady got on at the last
minute. I found out later she asked Teresa if she would swap seats with her
boyfriend but happily she refused. The good news is our seats came with extra legroom
but the bad news is they don’t recline. The airline giveth (I paid extra for
them) and the airline taketh away. One of the last to get on was a young mother
with 2 young boys about 2 and 5 years old who shared 2 seats in 32D & 32E.
The kids were okay until the end of the flight when the young one got fussy and
I heard, “Mama No” repeatedly.
Surprisingly I slept 3 hours after dinner service (which was
meat for Teresa and pasta for me and Teresa said she liked her food), woke up
and made a trip to the restroom and slept another 2 hours after. I usually can’t
sleep on airplanes.
Because of all the time zones we’re travelling through it’s
now on to Wednesday…
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