Copenhagen or Bust

You might not think that an overnight plane ride to NYC  with a short stop in Boston, then making  connections for an International flight out of Newark could rack up over 6500 steps, but it certainly did!  Stalking planes, trains, trams all day to get us to our final flight out of the U.S. of A.  made for a long, hard day!

We had time to make a stop in Manhatten to have lunch with our beautiful Niece, Andrea Williams, inside Penn Station.   Priceless!

Catching a train over to Newark took  us inside the air terminal for International flights.  We soon met up with our good friends,  Ron and Nancy Pinkerton, from NW Arkansas.  They have been life-long friends for many years.  We love traveling with them and have had many adventures together.  Although they are younger, you wouldn't know it by looking.   😁

We made it through Security without a hitch or a glitch... somewhat out of the ordinary for us!   Only thing was that my perfectly packed carry-on entered the ominous scanner but never exited.   The conveyor belt continued to convey but wouldn't spit out my bag.  It seems as if ATF or FBI, TSA or whoever, pulled it wanting to explore it's contents and swipe it for explosives residue.  I guess that's what an electronics loving half blind guy gets for hauling in charging cords, transformers, adaptors, two flashlights and a box of batteries.

Lufthansa was running late and we feared connecting with our next leg out of Munich to Copenhagen, as there was only a 20-minute window to  change planes.  Good thing the pilot put the pedal to the metal!  We shall see.         We did land on time.  Our connecting gate however, was a MILE POINT 2 away  from where we landed...not to mention a Passport security checkpoint in between!  There were still a few people in the boarding line as we panted from our 35 minute workout, resulting in much heavy breathing through the turnstile.  The kids I'm traveling with were worn out!

We managed to actually find our way to our hotel in Copenhagen.   Our reservations were a little messed up and and we ended up in a dormatory style hotel room.  Our tiny room has .... get this.....BUNK BEDS!    (NTS:   Use caution when making online reservations....even at $120 a night).  😂😂   But now, a hot shower,  clean up and a quick nap before dinner.

Dinner was good.  About a half block away is a HUGE indoor,  multilevel shopping mall, with a very large food court, sporting restaurants and several American food places like KFC, Burger King and others.  But no Cracker Barrel or Chic FIL A or anything really good like that.

Back to the Cabinn Metro Hotel to crash and burn.  After 16 hours of traveling through two nights and 6 or 7 time zones, we are ready to hibernate
.....even on bunk beds!
Mike