Good bye winter, hello summer

            I been to Amsterdam many times, however, this is the first time that I flew out of it. What a beautiful airport, it is gorgeous, very clean and neat, the directions are excellent. Everything was so nice, so light. I checked all the departure screens and not one flight was delayed, and it is a very big and busy airport. I was really impressed. So far it is the best airport I ever been in.

            I flew TAP, the plane left on time; the service was good, the food, which consisted of a sandwich and a muffin, was awful. 

           I transfer in Lisbon, after a two hours overlay, but everything went perfect. Until we were serve dinner, which consisted of fatty pork and soggy potatoes, and salad, which I could not eat, crackers, butter and cheese, which I ate.  The next morning for breakfast, we had a sandwich that I could not eat, pineapple, coffee or tea. As for the service, I did not see one of the flight attendants smile, not even once.

We landed some place in Brazil and have to wait in the plane. We were not ever told why we were at that airport or how long we would have to wait, all they said was that it was some problem in Sao Pablo, and every time somebody asked how long, we were told just a few more minutes, when I asked how long was the flight, I was told just a few minutes. It was a few of us that needed to do connections, whether to Montevideo or Buenos Aires, and nobody gave us any info. We found out after we arrived at Sao Pablo that the 3 hrs delay was due to torrential rains.

            Of course, by the time we landed in Sao Pablo, I missed my connection.

            As we arrived, I proceeded through immigration, and then to pick my luggage. By now, you know the luck I have with luggage, so, as you guessed, my suitcase did not arrive. 

No problem, it should come in the 8pm plane. Ha, ha.

            I arrive at Montevideo at 3:30pm, 3:35 hrs late, to find that nobody was waiting for me, or anybody else that made that connection, because the airlines told our families that we were coming in the 8pm flight. I called my mother,and waited, no problem.