Travel Experiences

My travel experience to Europe was a very new experience for me. I have only been on a plane ride that was a couple hours, so flying across the world was a little intimidating at first. I woke up at about 6 am for my flight at 10:40 because I was so nervous about my trip! Once I got to the airport, I met Lizzy, and we waited in line to go through security together. For some reason I missed the memo that you can only have one little plastic bag full of liquids on my carry on, and I had to try to fit two, gallon bags of toiletries into one small bag. It was really stressful because the line was moving fast and I had nowhere to set down my stuff. I definitely made a scene in the airport trying to scramble to figure out what I was going to keep and what I was going to toss. Lizzy was helpful and so was the nice guy that was standing behind us, who helped carry my suitcase and bag as we moved through the line. There was a girl in line also who didn’t have any liquids so she took one of my plastic bags with her so I could keep more of my stuff. Minnesota people are so nice! After I made it through security, I had some time to relax after that unexpected stressful incident. We met up with about eight other people from our travel group. Our flight left the Minneapolis airport at 10:40 am with a layover in Newark, NJ for a couple of hours, and then we had an eight hour flight to the TXL airport in Berlin, Germany. One thing I was very thankful for was being on the same flight itinerary with so many people from our group. Airports can be confusing and it was nice to have other people around. I would definitely recommend others to try and plan the same flight as at least one other person, because it is always better to know someone on the long journey across the world. My eight hour flight was very long but it was nice that it was overnight so I could attempt to sleep. We made it to Berlin bright and early in the morning (it’s a 7 hour ahead time difference), and I was exhausted! We all stayed awake so we could sleep well that night, which I would recommend because I slept like a baby. Overall my travels to Germany were pretty smooth!