In Transit

Early arrival at Philadelphia airport, slightly different instructions from TSA, but we managed. The flight was less than full, something of a rarity for us when we travel, but we're happy about it. Left more or less on time.

Now Philadelphia has suffered a demotion. Lufthansa now flies its alternative airline from our airport, Discover. Okay, maybe its budget airline, I don't know. Plane was fine. The same kind we flew on our first trip, a nice 2-4-2 arrangement so we didn't have to sit with a stranger.

Food: we actually had a choice on this flight, not just “here's this vegetarian pasta” like last time. We had beef. As the Germans would say, “I could eat this.” It was pretty good. Slightly sauerbraten-ish, or similar to a meat tangine I've made in the past. No free glass of wine with dinner.

Despite the absolute quiet on the plane and the melatonin, I'm unable to sleep, and sitting here wide awake. We're due to land in Frankfurt in a little over an hour and a half. Once there, we have a 2.2 kilometer walk to our next gate-- from one end of the airport to the other, including immigration and security. Two hours to do it if we're on time, so I hope we make it. Lufthansa, when they sold us the tickets, we're confident we could.

And... we made it. From the next to the last gate at Terminal C, to the last gate in Terminal A, through security and immigration with one short train ride.

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