Van drop-off and transfer

We arrived at Hamburgs port just before 8 in the morning to complete the formalities. While we were waiting to enter the port itself a guy approached us asking if we were going to ship our van. He's the owner of a different company than the one we used and we chatted about half an hour about the procedures for the shipping. Maybe we'll contact him for the way back, if we decide to do so. The drop-off went very smoothly, so we hopped on a nearby bus to the main train station and the train to the Berlin airport BER by 9€ ticket. As expected the train was completely full.
We got there about three hours before departure so we had time for a late lunch/ early dinner and the check in. The online check in didn't work for us because we didn't have any documents proving that we'd leave the US again but at the counter it wasn't a problem.
The flight is operated by Norge, a pretty new company that just opened the connection from Berlin to JFK New York two weeks ago. They're in the low-cost sector and it is just a personal item allowed, so we stocked up on snacks before the flight. We had some naps, watched Dune and talked to our US seat neighbor who made a bicycle trip with a German friend from Copenhagen to Hamburg. So the 8 hour flight went by pretty quick.
Tonight we're going to find a dark spot to spend at the airport because the connection to Portland Maine is at 8 am.Read more