Flossbolna
Sea days are just so relaxing!
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- Sep 8, 2006
I'm sure long flights like that are not glamorous but seeing as our planes are so teeny and barely serve a snack...the fact that you get a meal and have lots of seats makes it seem glamorous.
It is not glamorous at all! But I understand what you mean, even though I know that it is cattle class, it still has this aura of long distance travel! Just imagine what travel was like when you actually had to take a boat to travel between Europe and America, that were the days of real glamour!
Still, those planes are nicer than the normal short distance planes. Also Lufthansa is always very good in keeping their planes nice and updated. And you get alcohol for free on the planes. They offer wine and beer for dinner and even have spirits before and after dinner drinks. I just stay away from them as alcohol really makes jet lag much worse...
Your flights sound good. Smart move to do a non-stop into the U.S.! I've been on two trips where my luggage didn't make it with me when I cleared customs in a city other than my final destination.
I never thought about the possibility of luggage problems!! I have had my share of it, but only when arriving at my final destination! Her in Europe you normaly clear customs after your last leg of the journey... What do you do in such cases??
The flight does sound glamourous. But I am nevertheless thankful for my 2.5 hour flight.
Oh, I would prefer being able to fly to WDW in 2.5 hours, too!
I was finally able to read this afternoon with Henry down for a nap.
I'm so excited for your trip!!!! 9 nights.
I love that your sister is coming with, it will be such a great trip! Is C not doing Disney at all this year, or might there be another trip in the makings?
Great idea on the flights too-I can't imagine clearing customs and then having to get on ANOTHER flight. It would make me nervous as well.
I love the DLRP pics! So pretty.
Hi Brook, welcome to my PTR!
While C is a dear friend (she is the one who travelled with me on my previous WDW trips), we actually don't travel that well together, so I had been planning not to ask her anyway for my next trip. But my BFF had been thinking about going to WDW with me, too, so who knows when we will end up going to WDW together. Of course, you will not be surprised to hear that I have future trips planned out... There is the idea that I might want to attempt running the half marathon in 2011 and then in November 2011 I will turn 40 and what better place to celebrate that nasty birthday than at the MK which will share that age with me in 2011!
Hi Magdalene! I found your link on Brook's trip repot!!
I'm so excited to read about my fellow NUE'er and your travels with your schwester! Gosh, did I get that right? Funny, like another pp stated, you are almost my age and your sister is almost my sisters age! Another funny coincidence - my sister always said if she had a daughter she would name her Magdalene! She is a huge Sandra fan and I think she got the name from one of her songs. Be nice to the German weather - I do know what you mean though!
That Airbus is freakin' huge!!! Air travel sure has come a long way since I moved back here. At least the last several trip overseas have been on the Airbus versions so we could watch our own movies or watch tv - makes a huge difference flying International!
FRA is a madhouse, eh? It's better to have a long layover however, and not risk anything. You definitely made the right choices and everything sounds perfect! I booked our flights for our upcoming September trip about two weeks ago and already, 3 flights have changed. One, pretty dramatically in my opinion. We now get into MCO 2 hours LATER than we planned, but it's still the first flight for their day. What can you do?
Looking forward to hearing about your plans!
Heather
Hi Heather, great you made it over here! Your German is perfect!! It's great to have so many people our age group reading along.
You are right, Sandra had a song called Maria Magdalena (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m12OA-BUvE). It was a huge hit!!! And it reminded me of the fact that Magdalena is much more common in Germany than Magdalene and I always had to tell everyone "with an 'E' at the not, not an 'A'." It's interesting that your sister wants to use it for her daughter, I never came across my name in an English speaking country, besides if used in a religious context.
Sorry for those flight changes! Fortunately this is something Europeans are not much into! But, really, here it seems that once a schedule is set, the airlines keep to it. FRA can be huge and with the additional security checks for flights to the USA connecting through there needs time! Munich is so much nicer! Last time we arrived at one end of the Lufthansa area and had to get all the way over to the other side, it took me 30 min brisk walking!! And if there is snow and ice, we still have a chance!