This was a pretty simple day…Afternoon flight back to Munich, a ride back to the hotel to collect the luggage and an evening flight to Delhi. There was ample time in between and how complicated could it possibly get?
Hold on...We reached Schiphol (one of the busiest airports in the world...I might add) just 45 minutes before our flight. I stood in the serpentine queue while Rahul was busy begging, pleading and even threatening to sue KLM before they made us jump the queue and check in. Still not sure what turned out to be the catalyst...my guess would be the veiled threat to sue them!
Finally we reached Munich and had 5 hours to goto the hotel and come back. We even joked that with our penchant for cycling – We could even take the cycle and still be back on time...
I wonder why we forget that the funniest jokes often turn into the worst nightmares. We boarded a train that stopped in the middle of nowhere. We got down and kept waiting for the next one...After half an hour we were told that this track had shut down as someone had committed suicide by jumping on the tracks...and you thought this happens only in India. Stranded in the middle of nowhere with no sign of civilization...We took another 45 minutes to get a taxi that dropped us till the nearest station. Instead of building up the suspense will cut to the “chase”...We finally reached the hotel picked up the luggage and headed back to the station...The train to the airport left in front of our eyes...typical DDLJ style...I also realized we cant run half as well as the lead pair in the movie and had no option but to watch the train disappear into the horizon.
We finally had to hire a cab to the airport...Once again made it just in time for the flight back home
I guess Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines have already put me on the banned list for my last minute arrivals. I get the sneaky feeling that Lufthansa and KLM will also follow suit...
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