Hygge... Not Hygge

Welcome to our next family adventure. The infamous "last spring Break as a Family of five". While Josie preferred to be surprised, enough hints had her pretty sure we were headed to Copenhagen- "I can't COPE with you not knowing", "a country Millie and I couldn't find on a map", "costal town with cute shops", "temps in the 40s".

Saturday started with some last minute packing for some of us (🖐️). We tried to follow the 5-4-3-2-1 rules. Five underwear, four tops, three bottoms, two shoes, one accessory (jacket). I've never seen a personal item as full as Josie's backpack- five large books! As we dropped off Ace 🐶 at daycare the tire light was on. Time will tell if this is an omen of adventures to come, a wonky tire that's been acting up, or just the hot/cold bipolar WI weather affecting the pressure.

After arriving at ORD, the kids ventured off for the EPIC triple dipper at Chili's. It did not disappoint. The first or final fried food of the trip? Millie tried to take advantage of our early arrival and swiftly move through security by taking a nap with both travel pillows. Unfortunately, one ended up left behind at the B48 terminal- we will grab it on the way back. The flight to Newark was easy. We had a short time there before boarding our monstrous British Airways mega plane. The best quotes of the trip always belong to Millie. Walking through 1st class- "Holy fancy bro, what is this?" Everyone tried to catch some Zs on the flight but... it was not exactly the hygge of 1st class.

General travel/airport frustrations- shoes on or off? Belts on or off? Electronics in or out? Come forward as an individual with passport and boarding pass or group? Boarding pass or passport, too? MAKE UP YOUR MINDS TSA!

Josie's water bottle in the mega-carry prompted a flag at security. She was escorted out of security to dump it out. While grabbing her boarding pass, she tore it slightly right at the bar code. A less than helpful agent encouraged her to head back to ticketing for a new one- while we all waited post-security?!? Thankfully, one of the TSA agents overheard her desperate call to Noel and intervened. In the end, carryons were checked and officially, Josie was now aware of the final destination.

Depending who you ask, we missed our flight between London Heathrow and Copenhagen because we were too putzy or we made a wrong turn- out and back in across terminals and shuttles and long walks. While there were hiccups, "never forget the helpful people"- Fred Rodgers. A kind agent for British Airways- didn't even get his name 🤦‍♂️ - found us a flight less than an hour later and we were barely even delayed.

Planes, trains, elevators, escalators, trams, shuttles, plenty of steps and missteps, but alas, we've arrived.Leggi altro