After what could have been a rocky beginning to my journey (with Horizon grounding numerous Q400 flights), traveling has been pleasant. I flew to Portland in order to get one final hair cut, visit friends, and catch my flight to Germany. After a delightful Sushi dinner with friends at SushiLand, Nicole took me to the airport. At the airport I encountered perhaps the nicest, most thoughtful ticketing agent that I have ever encountered.
It should be noted that my luggage was about 5 pounds overweight (yes the weight allowance has been decreased from 70 lbs. on International Flights to 50 lbs.), and whereas I was charged on my Horizon flight earlier in the day, this ticketing agent decided to be nice and pretend not to notice that my luggage was 5 lbs. overweight. Her rationale was that it was only 5 lbs. and that the airline is starting to charge for too many extras and she is getting tired of nickel and diming people.
The ticketing agent, however, did not stop at simply this act of kindness. Noticing that only one of my heavy bags had wheels and that I was in for a long journey once I arrived in Frankfurt, she quickly grabbed a collapsible luggage cart that a previous passenger had left behind. So now I have an additional piece of carry-on equipment but it will likely make my journey to the train station and then on to Goettingen much simpler.
The flight to Chicago was uneventful. Luckily I was able to sleep for the entire duration. Now the task at hand is to occupy myself for about 10 hours in the O'Hare airport....where to begin?
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