Mis-Adventurous Start to our Adventure
The morning of 20 October dawned clear and cool. We had moved most of our bags to the car the night before, so after the whole showering and dressing thing (and fortified for the drive to Albuquerque with coffee and tea), we said good-bye to the cats (Missy & Foxy) and hit the road. Talk about a smooth operation! Drive up – smooth. Leaving our car at the long-term lot (we use Fast Park & Relax) – smooth. TSA check-in, boarding, flight to Chicago – smooth. Grabbing a Cuban sandwich for the flight and boarding for Brussels, flight to Brussels – smooth (including people being amenable to changing seats so we could sit together). We were even given dinner, which was a surprise, and which meant we would have our sandwich for later…like about 0500 local time. The first hint of something being not-quite-so-smooth was the announcement that customers with connecting flights to Venice would need to see an agent when they deplaned as the flight was canceled. We ...