September 29, 2009
Newcastle is Stuck with Us
All our bags are packed and were ready to go, with little help from our husbands. We checked out of the Newcastle hotel and set off to the airport. Our first leg of this escapade will be a short flight from Newcastle to Amsterdam, or so we thought. As the goodbyes were said to our husbands, we made our way tot he check-in counter, unloading our heavy bags that already gave us cricks in the neck because we managed to stuff in everything we owned, anyway, the check-in part was good and the customs part went smoothly, we even made it as far as the gate. That’s when someone in their best Geordie accent announced that our flight was cancelled!
Agh…We retrieved our laden travel bags, came back through to arrivals having made it no further that the gate. We sort of laughed because we had nothing to declare. We did get a little confused about which color exit to go through; the EEC or the nothing to declare exit, meaning we never left the country!
Back in arrivals, we joined up with our respective husbands, who were more than a little put out, but waited with us as we joined a long queue. We waited, and waited and waited. 4 hours later…and a full plane load of passengers we eventually made it to the desk where we hoped there was some resemblance to an oracle that had all the answers and shed light onto how we were going to get to Amsterdam. There were a few suggestions made, including flying half way around Europe to get back to Amsterdam. We took what we thought was our best option, the same flight we were supposed to be on, just 24 hours later. I was nice of the airline though, to offer to take us back home and pick up back up the next morning. Our husbands both said yes to the pick-up part. But, that was revoked when they found out we live in Wigton. So, they dispatched us off with a meal ticket and a bed for the night at a near by hotel. So, we ended the day, not in the delightful streets of Amsterdam, but stuck with our pouting husbands drinking a pint of lager and watching football on the television.
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