We've arrived safely in Copenhagen after a painfully long SAS flight. SAS airlines was actually quite nice- cute little cupholder thingies in addition to the normal tray tables, some interesting multi-cultural choices in in-flight movies displayed via LCD panels on the back of each chair, magazines displaying the princess of some scandinavian country on a horse, not-too-frightening vegetarian meal options for dinner (we slept through breakfast on account of the Tylenol PM we took to conk ourselves out). We arrived at Copenhagen with only 55 min. to transfer to our next flight. Surprisingly, the short transfer time was not a problem at all as security and passport control were a breeze.
Marrakesh - 10 Euro ticket here we come!
This was especially relieving for us considering all the time we had spent agonizing over our one-way tickets due to what we had read concerning them on the Toytown forums. Apparently, some people who used one-way tickets were not allowed to board their flights because of an agreement many countries have with the airlines that states if a passenger is not allowed into a country because they do not abide by the Timatic terms (many of which state you either have to have return tickets or proof of ongoing travel) then that airline must fly the passenger back to the country of origin for free. This made us pretty freaked out, so after much hysteria we decided to buy two one-way tickets to Morocco via the ever cheapo Ryanair (only 10 euro each) so we could at least prove we had "ongoing travel plans." Yes, I know that in retrospect this is all very silly. But when you're up and moving to one of the most anal retentive countries on the planet (in terms of security anyway) you get a little skittish and start doing weird things like purchasing tickets to Marrakech. It's a good thing we didn't need them. The nice ladies at United in SFO only asked us a few questions and after we explained that we were students and needed to apply for Visas in Berlin they let us go without issue. At passport control in Copenhagen they barely looked at our passports, just stamp n' go. Funny all that worrying was for nothing. I'm getting the feeling that a lot of the worrying is unnecessary.
Next Stop BERLIN!!!!
2 comments:
I used to worry a lot. Most of the time it was for naught.
I have had a recent experience that help me rid myself of worrying ~ it involved the recent full moon lunar elclipse, a kind stranger on the beach, and joining in on the illegal fire he was making there...we both talked about the need for gratitude and faith...I decided to choose faith in myself over worrying ~ and everything has improved ever since ; )
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