The PERFECT delay!

Today everything went against me!!

First of all I had a HUGE problem with my baggage when checking in! Apparently my grandma´s 50 year old scale didn´t weigh my bags correctly and instead of having the ideal 29 kilos I had 43 kilos!! The check-in guy required that I pay 3500kr for the excess weight! Thats insane! I refused and finally they catagorised me under an exception rule!!! J I was super releaved!!

But my bubbly happiness soon dissapeared as I discovered that my flight from Oslo to Frankfurt was delayed by almost two hours, which meant that I`de miss the connection from Frankfurt to Sao Paulo and from Sao Paulo to Salvador! Not only would I arrive a day later to Brasil, but I would also miss meeting the other law students in Salvador as planned to take the arranged transport out to the island! (I was flying with points so didn´t taket the same flights as them. They traveled from Oslo to Lisbao to Salvador)

Worst case senarious immideatly rushed through my mind!! What if this... and what if that???When would I arrive? Saturday? Sunday? Monday? Ever????? Would I have to sleep in creepy undergrounds or broken down hotels in Frankfurt... or even worse... in the slums of Rio de Janeiro for all that I know!?! ....Ok ok I´m exagerating!!! But would I need to take the bus or a cab alone for two hours from the airport to Salvador? Ofcourse I would manage fine, but I couldn´t help think of The Bone Collector!!! I immidiatly wished I wasn`t a blond, cute girl, but a manly bodybuilder!! (Picture Schwarzenegger times three!)

The man in the service counter told me to fly to Frankfurt and see what happened from there on! He said I shouldn´t make problems out of nothing. But all I could think of was how would I possibly have time to run from one gate to another in under ten minutes?

I finally tok his advice and ended up on the airplane to Frankfurt! Apparently the original airplane had technical problems and was filled with water!! Good thing they discovered that in time! I nevertheless shed some tears in my own pity, as I sipped a glass of sparkling wine and tried to solve some impossible Suduko puzzles!

My pessimism was on a roll and when we landed in Frankfurt I missed my flight to Sao Paolo by five minutes!! I was stuck and went to the service counter for help! To my big suprise they had booked me on a flight to Lisboa 6:30 the next morning and from there on I`de take a direct flight to Salvador! And guess what?! The flight to Salvador is the same one as the other lawstudents will be on! I was thrilled!!! J

I spent the short night in a really nice hotelroom at the five stars Sheriton hotell! I ordered a yummy fruit salad from the room service and eventually fell asleep! J

In the end this delay was perfect!! I got to travel with the points, stay at a nice hotell and even travel with all my future law friends from Lisboa to Salvador!! J

I guess the man at the service counter was right: Ikke ta sorgene på forskudd!!

PS: When I was waiting in Frankfurt for the flight to Lisboa I received a note informing me of a strike at the airline TAP, which is bringing me to Salvador. They appologise for any inconvenience that this might cause! This time around I am however not going to get annoyed over such a bagatell! Worst case senarious have been dropped!! J

PPS: I have now arrived to Moro de Sao Paulo. There was a strike and we were 2 hours delayed. But everything worked out fine! I had a really comfy seat in business class due to the points, and met lots of nice people! :)

PPPS: Its beautiful here!!! Will come with an update as soon as I get time!! :)