My flight from Norfolk took off at 11pm. We arrived in Rota around 1130am rota time (so like 5am your time). The weather was too rough to land, so we circled above it to wait for the weather to clear up, for about an hour. It didn't clear up, so we headed to Seville, Spain because we were running low on fuel. We were stuck there from 12pm to 9pm. The problem was we were only supposed to stop for a bit and then leave once refueled and the weather had cleared up, but the pilots are only allowed to fly for like 12 hours, so they ended up just leaving the plane before the relief crew had even been notified. So we were just stuck there with no flight crew. The worst part was they wouldn't let us get off the plane. Apparently it was a customs issue bc we were at a civilian airport, and arrived uninvited, so we were on the plane for 9 hours just parked on the tarmac, plus the 7 hour flight to there. So I couldn't feed Babuu or let him use the bathroom at all. And then we flew 3 hours to Frankfurt, Germany because Rota's weather never cleared up and the plane began to run out of food and beverages and all the bathrooms were rendered non-operational because the septic tanks were filling up. They put us in a closed down terminal for a couple hours. Red Cross provided hygiene supplies, food, pillows, blankets, and cots. They gave us the option to stay at the terminal or drive 2 hours to a hotel. I took the hotel so that babuu could get out of his cage and walk around.
It's 530am Germany time, I just got to my hotel and I have to check-out by like 11-1130. The hotel was nice, it was in Düsseldorf. Babuu was so happy to get out of the cage, and he slept SO hard. I moved around a million times and he didn't budge.
(I have a bunch of videos I took in Germany, I'll post them once my computer gets here)
Ended up oversleeping. Woke up in a panic, no time to shower. Wearing the same clothes I've worn since Friday (it is not Sunday). I tried to buy a shirt, no gift shop and all stores are closed on Sunday...
Left for the airport, at 1130. Got there by 1, waited for the plane until 5. They took us to a commercial airport in Germany. Airport had a bunch of cool things. I bought some very weird food lol.
Arrived in Naples, Italy around 745pm Italy time. Very small terminal, no shops. Short wait, got on the plane for Crete, Greece around 930pm.
Spent a few hours in Greece, finally got to buy a shirt!!! So relieved to change into something new. Then took off to bahrain. We arrived in Bahrain and got off the plane around 730am.
Couldn't believe it took this long to transfer. Friday night, my flight from Norfolk, VA took off at 1130pm (after sitting at the airport for hours due to delays). My last flight dropped me off at 0730am on Monday morning in Bahrain.
No comments:
Post a Comment