Our visitor is due Saturday at 11:30am on the Condor flight from Frankfurt. The idea of a non-stop flight from Europe to Anchorage sounded great back when he was booking. But today he forwarded the following email he just got:
> Sehr geehrte Gaeste,
>
> bei einem eventuellen Streik des Lufthansa Bodenpersonals empfehlen wir
> Condor Gaesten, die einen innerdeutschen Lufthansa Zubringerflug nach/von
> Frankfurt gebucht haben, die Bahn-Anreise nach/ab Frankfurt. Der
> Flugschein nach/ab Frankfurt kann als Zug - Fahrschein genutzt werden.
>
> Wir bedauern eventuelle Unannehmlichkeiten.
> Ihr Condor Team
>
>
> Dear Passengers,
>
> Due to a possible strike of Lufthansa airport personnel, it is
> recommended
> that Condor passengers with a booked Lufthansa connecting Flight within
> Germany to/from Frankfurt, take the train to/from Frankfurt.
> The flight coupon will be honored as a train ticket.
>
> We apologize for any inconveniences.
> Your Condor Team.
>
>
He also wrote that the trains from London to Frankfurt are full until July 31.
Meanwhile the bus drivers in Denali have also voted to authorize a strike.
One way or the other this will work out. We used to tell our son, the year we lived in Washington DC and we went on weekend trips to see the sights and he said he didn't want to go: "You're only seven. We can't leave you home alone. You have to go. So, you can choose to have a terrible time or you can choose to have a good time. It's up to you. But, if you choose to be miserable, you may NOT make the trip miserable for the rest of us." He usually ended up having a good time.
So Doug can fret each step of his trip, or he can let it all go, and do what he needs to do and then observe the whole thing like he might a tv show about an airline strike and how everyone copes. I hope he can do the latter. This is a vacation, he isn't being airlifted out to have a premature baby like Sky's mom. It'll be ok. And maybe the rain will be gone when he finally gets here.
Easy for me to say, I just have to sit and wait for him to arrive.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
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If Doug is a friend of yours, he is having a blast with every new set of circumstances that are throw in his direction. He is meeting new people or running into old ones and thanking a kind and thoughtful God for changing his itinerary. His trip will be better than he ever imagined it and he will get off the plane and give you a manhug and say it was the greatest trip yet!
ReplyDeleteWho said it is better to travel than to arrive?
ReplyDeleteAll advice taken on board, and I will forget about all those dreary hours in airport lounges in the past,and see this as a real life-enhancing opportunity.
I still hope I make my connection, though