Woke up after a rather short night this morning, but slept way better than expected. Hopped in the shower, headed down to grab some breakfast, packed up all my stuff to catch a bus to the airport.Scanner for boarding passes didn’t scan the QR code on my phone, saying ‚invalid boarding pass‘. So I went back and downloaded the pdf file, which had the exact same QR code, but apparently that one worked- very weird.
Security check went smoothly and didn’t take longer than five minutes – 1,5 hrs left til boarding!
The flight to Düsseldorf was probably the smoothest flight I’ve ever taken. No delays, boarding happened in under 15 minutes, the flight itself took less than an hour, didn’t expect that from an airline like Germanwings. Currently charging my phone and taking advantage of the free airport wifi, to kill four hours until boarding my flight to NYC 😅
Those four hours went by quicker than expected. Passport control was okay too, the guy at the desk kept asking where I worked and who my boss is, I got kinda nervous and I think he could tell 😂 got a cup of overpriced coffee at the gate, boarded the plane and now waiting for takeoff. They had to unload luggage from the plane and then wait for a new slot, meaning we’re delayed an hour by now. The girl next to me left in search of an aisle seat and hasn’t returned yet, which most likely means I’ll have both seats for myself!
Took off an hour later than scheduled, but there’s an entertainment system on board, so I started watching Braveheart. They served food about an hour after takeoff, tiniest portions I’ve ever seen lol.
Tried to take a nap cramped between two seats, ate a snack,took another nap and soon after we started our descent to JFK. Couldn’t land for almost an hour because of bad weather, flew a loop across the Atlantic and finally landed at 9:30 pm
Passport control went rather smoothly, the tranfer from JFK to Long Island, where my hotel was located, didn’t. Subway trains weren’t running due to AC problems, the LIRR didn’t work for me either, so I caved and called an UBER. First time uberpool, had trouble finding my driver, but the ride went better than expected, driver was reallly friendly and made sure I made it to my hostel safely.
Hostel was called ‚local hostel NYC ‚ located in Long Island City. Checked in, paid, went up to my 6 bed bedroom. Nice and clean for a hostel, plus the AC on on full power. Brushed my teeth, set my alarm to 7:30 and went straight to bed.
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