Wow! Today was a rough start. We had to get up at 6:00 am because we had a transit bus that took us from the ship to the airport. We had our last breakfast on the ship, then we left. Sad day. On the bus ride, there was a girl I made friends with so I sat with her. The bus ride to the airport took around 25 minutes or so. When we got to the airport, we went to check in. Because our flight wasn't until 12:15...yes, we got there 5 hours early...the check in thing was even open. After a bit of scrambling around, us know trying to get the luggage tags all filled out and everything, we finally got our bags checked. I ,it's say, Copenhagen airport is a very nice airport. However, it seems like it is mainly high end shops. But it was fun looking at expensive things we're never going to buy. Because I never got the chance to get a postcard in Fredericia and Copenhagen, I found one in the airport. We walked through the airport until we found a place to sit. One wonderful thing about European airports is that there are little trolleys (carts) for people to put their carry one. So we didn't have to carry our bags for 5 hours. While we waited, we played cards and relaxed. Around 11:00 am, we grabbed some lunch a a Danish bakery in the airport. I had a sandwich with smoked salmon and rye bread. It was the messiest sandwhich I've ever had, but it was oh so good :) around 11:45 we headed over to our gate. The airport didn't post our gate until 30 minutes before we had to leave. The airline ran things quite a bit differently than in the US. It was kinda cattle call when we went to get on the plane. However, we got on without any mishaps. The flight was two hours long, so it wasn't that bad. We were joking how it is wonderful that everyone speaks English here. The wonderful posh British English. The airport we flew into, Gatwhick, was simple as we went through customs. We had a driver that was supposed to take us to our apartment. After a lot of confusion, we got our driver and went to the apartment. The ride was almost an hour long. Our dad met us at the apartment, and he helped us get our luggage into the apartment. After getting settled into our rooms and such, we walked about 4 blocks to a local grocery store. We bought some things like bread, cheese, and vegetables. Halfway through shopping we realized that we still have to carry these back to the apartment, so we became a little more stingy with our shopping. After we got our groceries, we went back. We'd bough some things for dinner, so we made chicken (well, ate the bought chicken) peas and potatoes. Then we basically went to bed. Although I am sad that the cruise is over, we still have 12 more days in England!
Cheers,
~Hannah~
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