Safe in Arad
Bonnie and I left Thursday afternoon from Greenville-Spartanburg Airport for Budapest by plane and on to Arad, Romania, by car. The trip over was uneventful except that a man in Atlanta made a wrong turn coming to the plane and opened a security door. Everything was shut down around the plane for a while. He did not realize what he had done, came on the plane and sat down. Thirty minutes later, the friend and wife of the security breach man joined him on the plane.
We arrived in Paris 30 minutes late. We walked very fast through the airport to make our flight. Two things, customer service is definitely not a strong suit of the French workers at Charles De Gaulle airport, and you walk forever twisting and turning. We were almost to the plane when we were chosen for a "body" examination by the security agents at Checkpoint De Gaulle. Long story short, we arrived at the gate at 7:05 AM and the door was closed for the 7:10 flight. Plane still at the gate but too late.
Lady at the transfer desk was nice enough. She got us two seats on the next flight to Budapest (six hours later than our original flight), but it took her 20 minutes to get our boarding passes and make a change in the ticket. Her reply, "You have a Delta ticket." Did I miss something about Sky Team Alliance?
Finally, we got on our flight to Budapest scheduled to depart at 12:45 PM. We sat in our seats at 12:41 PM, taxied toward the runway, and came to a screeching stop. I did not understand all the broken English, but the pilot said we had a big problem. They had to change our flight route due to radar problems of traffic control. The pilot said that it could take a long time or not; he did not know. We were finally underway around 1:30 PM.
We arrived in Budapest with only four of our five pieces of luggage. Seems that the bar-coded strip printed for four luggage tags was on one side and the fifth was on the other side. The lady in Paris only entered the four pieces of luggage. So, the luggage with all of Bonnie's clothes gets its own free ride to Arad from Budapest.
We were met at the Budapest airport by Othniel Nagy-Kasza and David Ivanisky. They did a great job of picking us up and driving us to Arad.
Just a note, the best accomodations in Budapest for friendly, excellent customer service, good price, and very good treatment is the Sarokhaz Panzio. Only five minutes from the airport in Budapest. They arranged to keep some of our luggage and to send it later in the week so we did not have to take it to Arad. We are not even staying with them. So, I encourage you to support this great customer friendly "Panzio."
Tonight, we are in Arad for the first time. Saw David and Peter Borzasi heading out for the rehersal. Heard that some of our Romanian friends were looking for us. It's late now and Bonnie and I are heading to bed. Tomorrrow is a big day with Peter and Krista's wedding. Have a great week. Love, Floyd (and Bonnie)
We arrived in Paris 30 minutes late. We walked very fast through the airport to make our flight. Two things, customer service is definitely not a strong suit of the French workers at Charles De Gaulle airport, and you walk forever twisting and turning. We were almost to the plane when we were chosen for a "body" examination by the security agents at Checkpoint De Gaulle. Long story short, we arrived at the gate at 7:05 AM and the door was closed for the 7:10 flight. Plane still at the gate but too late.
Lady at the transfer desk was nice enough. She got us two seats on the next flight to Budapest (six hours later than our original flight), but it took her 20 minutes to get our boarding passes and make a change in the ticket. Her reply, "You have a Delta ticket." Did I miss something about Sky Team Alliance?
Finally, we got on our flight to Budapest scheduled to depart at 12:45 PM. We sat in our seats at 12:41 PM, taxied toward the runway, and came to a screeching stop. I did not understand all the broken English, but the pilot said we had a big problem. They had to change our flight route due to radar problems of traffic control. The pilot said that it could take a long time or not; he did not know. We were finally underway around 1:30 PM.
We arrived in Budapest with only four of our five pieces of luggage. Seems that the bar-coded strip printed for four luggage tags was on one side and the fifth was on the other side. The lady in Paris only entered the four pieces of luggage. So, the luggage with all of Bonnie's clothes gets its own free ride to Arad from Budapest.
We were met at the Budapest airport by Othniel Nagy-Kasza and David Ivanisky. They did a great job of picking us up and driving us to Arad.
Just a note, the best accomodations in Budapest for friendly, excellent customer service, good price, and very good treatment is the Sarokhaz Panzio. Only five minutes from the airport in Budapest. They arranged to keep some of our luggage and to send it later in the week so we did not have to take it to Arad. We are not even staying with them. So, I encourage you to support this great customer friendly "Panzio."
Tonight, we are in Arad for the first time. Saw David and Peter Borzasi heading out for the rehersal. Heard that some of our Romanian friends were looking for us. It's late now and Bonnie and I are heading to bed. Tomorrrow is a big day with Peter and Krista's wedding. Have a great week. Love, Floyd (and Bonnie)
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