Didn't sleep much last night because I kept hearing the luggage carts out in the hall and I thought we needed to get up and leave because they were disembarking the ship starting around 5:00am and we weren't really sure when they would call our number to leave the ship since we were doing a Carnival transfer, which I have to say was nice because we didn't have to find or pick up our luggage we just grabed it at the airport. When we walked in to the Barcelona airport it was packed with people. Our flight number was being used for a different flight but I got in the line anyways that it had said to which was the wrong one so after waiting in line for a half hour we had to move and get in another line. We got through security and the passport check with no problem but after sitting at the gate for a couple of hours they called my name along with some other passengers on our flight and we were pulled into another room and they searched our bags and did a pat down. This would not have been so bad but we had to stay in there and we were not allowed to tell the others in our group what was going on. So Roger, Mike & Pam were left in the dark about what they were doing to me. Then they took the group of us and told us to follow them but we were not allowed to talk, touch or communicate in any way with anyone before we boarded the plane or we would have to go through the search again. The flight from Barcelona to Miami was pretty uneventful other than one pocket of turbulance. Then the headache began when we reached Miami. What a mess it is to go through customs there.
We had to wait in a very long line to show our declaration paper from there we had to go and pick up our luggage and then walk past another customs area where we gave them our declaration paper just to turn around and drop our luggage off to get put back in to the system to pick up in Fresno and then we had to go through security again. Wouldn't you know it but they pulled me out of line again for a search but this time it was much better and Roger even went with me. We actually made much faster time and ended up having to wait for Mike & Pam to finish. I did ask this time why and she told me I had SSSS on the bottom of my tickets and that means they have to pull me and do a search. All I can say is I am glad we had a three hour layover because we didn't have to wait that long before they started boarding our flight from Miami to Los Angeles. I had gone up and asked about giving up our seats and they were going to need someone they thought and then maybe even two so Roger and I waited until after almost everyone boarded and then they told us they would only need one of us to give up our seat so Roger went ahead and boarded. Then last minute she told me they had a first class seat open so I got to sit in first class. It was nice but I don't think it is worth paying a bunch of money extra. They brought a hot towel to wipe your hands with, then they brought warm nuts and a drink. I got the chicken breast on a salad, which the chicken was really good, wine, roll and a chocolate, which was not so good. I did sleep more though on this flight but it was not as comfortable as I thought it would be.
No comments:
Post a Comment