The airport in Athens is hot and stale. Plain and simple. We made it on time, checked in our luggage... kind of. One bag had to go to another check in place, which was worrisome. We had to pay fees and we were done. Absolutely done. The airlines do not have the man power to handle all the travelers with the post covid travel surge.
We got through security no problem, got to our terminal and waited. Everyone slept from Athens to Frankfurt. When we got to Germany, we walked off the plane to 5 security guards in army fatigues with giant German shepherds. Yuck. We needed to use the bathroom and get to our next flight. As we were walking to where we needed to go, there was a HUGE line through the exact spot we needed to go!! MAGIC!!!!! It was customs. It must have been at least 500 people. And we only had 1.5 hours to get to our next flight back to the states. We stood in line the ENTIRE TIME. In fact, we never would have made it unless a kind person who saw we had small kids grabbed us and we cut in front of at least 200 people. When we got to the customs counter, the guy was moving at sloth speed. He was the sloth in Zootopia in REAL LIFE!!!! WE WERE DYING!! There was no way we wanted to get stuck in Germany because we were done living out of suitcases and traveling!!! We wanted our beds and to not spend any more money. We got us through and we were RUNNING to the terminal only to be STOPPED BY ANOTHER SECURITY CHECK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! By now we were within 3 minutes, NO JOKE of the gate closing and the plane leaving. We were RUNNING AGAIN and when we got there we were able to board. INSERT GIANT SIGH OF RELIEF. The gate lady said we were good because there was actually a 15 minute delay. All that running for nothing.
Once we got on the plane, the attendants barked at Jody to put on his mask because he was black while the rest of us heard nothing, we didn't wear our masks. RACISTS. We sat on the plane for 1 hour, so much for the 15 minute delay, and then headed back to good ol' Murica. It was surreal and a blur. It was a haze on sleep and no sleep, bad food, and darkness. When we got back I immediately got a text from Lufthansa that 1 of our bags was lost. Then 2 minutes later, that all bags were lost.
I suppose on the bright side, we didn't have to wait at the baggage terminal? It took around 4-5 days for all our bags to come. IT WAS STRESSFUL AND A MESS!!! I am so glad that we were able to get it back at all!!! They broke one of our luggage and I don't think we'll ever see replacement money for it, unfortunately.
But we were home at last. The drive home was traffic, Ella slept the entire plane ride and ride home, so I was worried she would be up all night, but she slept the entire night as well. I guess we tired her out or something. HA!!!
Everyone traveled so well. They did amazing and I would travel the whole world with them they are so awesome. It was the trip of a lifetime!!!!
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