Lois arrived in Kansas City from Killeen on time. I was at a nearby Walmart getting a couple of last minute items. Luckily her bags were checked through to Copenhagen, which made picking her up easy. We had a several hours to burn so we went to the Zona Rosa for a late lunch at Buffalo Wild Wings. After lunch we shopped for a bit, just to walk around before getting on the plane.
Our plane departed 50 minutes late. It was late getting in, but everyone hurried the loading, hoping not to miss too many connecting flights, but air traffic control had other plans. The good news is that the United agent gave us boarding passes for the non-stop SAS flight to Copenhagen. Only two problems...our seats were not together and they were missing first names, both which came back to haunt us at the first security check point. We got from terminal two to terminal five in record time, we only had twenty minutes.
After security said we needed names on our tickets, it was a run back to the SAS ticket counter, then back to security. By the time we got to the gate people were boarding. By the time they figured out our seats we were almost the last people on board. The down side of sitting together is that we gave up better seats for bulkhead in steerage. It is pretty tight back here and that is where Tylenol PM is coming in!
Dinner was served a little after 11:00 pm. We had a nice salad with mixed greens and fave beans, dressed with lemon, cheese and crackers, meatballs with rice and steamed broccoli and carrots, with a tasty cheese cake with a chocolate frosting for dessert.
We were served breakfast about an hour and a half before landing. It was pretty simple: juice, coffee, yogurt with granola and a ciabatta roll with ham and cheese.
We landed at 1:10 local time, now Sunday afternoon. Lois' suitcase didn't make it out of Chicgo, or so they think. Since tomorrow is a day at sea, it will catch up to us in Estonia. There were forms to fill out. We just are taking off in the bus, it is almost 3:45. The airport is not as Rick Steves describes, and certainly not a model of organization. The check- in lines were long because of a baggage sorting issue. I hope they have that resolved before next week.
Saturday, June 29, 2013
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