Warped Time

Yes, I thought it was a bit challenging getting out of Cuba. Little did I know.

 

We left Anguilla around 11A on Tuesday heading to the airport in St. Maarten. Our plane coming in from New York was delayed so we were delayed leaving for New York. We only had about 75 minutes to clear immigration and customs, recheck bags and get to our London flight so we were a bit nervous. The pilot, however, made up the time and we got to the gate at JFK in plenty of time only to find no plane at the jetway. Our 7:30P departure was delayed until 8P. Then until 8:30P. Then until 9P. Finally we boarded. Then the pilot advised us that the cargo doors were still open. Oh wait, they were still open because we didn’t have all of the bags on board. Opps. Then he couldn’t communicate with the baggage guys coz somebody’s headset wasn’t working. Then they got a new headset. The we had to spend 40 minutes being de-iced.

Then finally we were in line for take off when the pilot informed us that two unruly passengers were going to need to be removed from the flight so we had to turn around and head back to the gate, have security remove the passengers, then have the baggage guys come back to find those passengers’ bags, and then we had to be refueled because we had screwed around for so long. In the end we left 5 hours late for London when our layover was only 4 hours to begin with.

Luckily Michael called American and got us on a later flight to Copenhagen. But even still by the time we got to the gate in Heathrow, the flight was already boarding. Just a lot of stress and very little sleep.

But we are here in Copenhagen now soaking up the Christmas spirit. I picked our hotel because we could get a room with a view of Tivoli Gardens and they did not disappoint.