Frustriert.

6/29/12

I am currently suffering jet lag and have a pounding headache. It is 6:35 am here in Germany yet 12:36 am in America. I am trying to pretend that I have slept, but the truth is I did not one bit. My flight was about as enjoyable as a 7 hour flight can be. I sat next to a very large German man flying back home after a business trip. When I say big I mean Hurley from lost big, but he was very kind. His body overflowed into my personal bubble and I found myself clinging to the wall to avoid body contact. Needless to say, I have a very sore back. Minus that physical obstacle, this was my first international flight and was very exciting!   

Things people about to embark on their first overseas flight should know:

#1. They throw booze at you. You get on the plane and then there is “cocktail hour” where you get a contemporary glass of wine or other mixed drink. I got white wine and felt very grown up. After that they feed you dinner, which I’m pretty sure you can get alcohol with for free as well. However, I opted out of that one. Next they offer you tea and coffee shortly followed by complementary Kahlua. I mean geez, not complaining but not what I expected.

#2. The food actually was not too bad. Tara- I went against your advice not to get the veg option, but it was actually pretty good. It looked like it came straight out of a microwave but I did appreciate having a somewhat balanced meal. It was pasta with pesto (I think?) ,vegetables with a ginger sesame dressing, a slice of cheddar cheese, a dinner roll, and a chocolate brownie cake with half a slice of a strawberry. Way to go Lufthansa Airlines! 

#3. Don’t rely on the plane for headphones. The headphones were a weird two plug type thing that once put into my ipod would only play out of one headphone on half volume. Kind of a fail.

#4. They flight attendants are sneaky. They turned the lights off at 9 pm for “bed time” only to turn them back on at 11 pm for “breakfast”.  Nice try, my internal clock is telling me it is time for sleep, not morning. It was rather disorienting. 

But I am super frustrated at the fact that Frankfort airport DOES NOT have free wifi?! Are you kidding me? This is why I am typing this all out on word explorer to be rehashed on the blog at a later date. Well, they technically have free wifi… but it is only free for 30 minutes. Unfortunately for me, you have to get a pin number to type in that they will send to your cell phone. Well that’s just great. Thank you Germany

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Anyways, I shall be meeting my other travelers in about an hour and am pretty excited to have some company. Dare I nap? The German advised me not to, but it is going to be at least 14 more hours until my arrival in Chennai. Challenge accepted. Expect to hear from a very cranky Becca soon.

Miss you all so much, Hope all is well

xoxo, 

Becca 

P.S.  I kind of felt like I was on project runway because as I was leaving the plane the flight attendants gave me the "auf wiedersehen", which means goodbye in German. For some reason I always thought Heidi Klum was saying "love you dozens" and was confused at why the Germans loved me so much. Needless to say now I get it.