We are now sitting in Munich airport. It is 10 am. The flight overnight from Washington was superb, with roomy seats and good food in Economy Plus seating.
But getting onto this United Airlines flight was another story. Weather in Washington didn’t delay our Greensboro flight. But the dreaded mechanical issue on their commuter plane did. How many times have we heard and experienced this story!?
We arrived Dulles at 5:10, and our international flight departed at 5:30! We sprinted from gate A1 to gate C2, and made it onto the flight with about 3 minutes to spare. We were both bathed in sweat. We have no idea if our checked luggage also made it.
But then after a free Bloody Mary we settled in for the long flight. Following one hour of de-icing we took off. After dinner and a movie we went to sleep for a couple hours. Our flight path took us directly over Scarborough, England, where my 9th cousin Paul West lives. At 6:45 am I looked out the window and saw his house.
Then a few minutes later we saw the sun rising over the Alps to the south of Munich. It reminds us how beautiful Germany and Austria are.
2020 Vision of Venice 