The Flight

Greetings from Germany!

I decided to just talk about my flight in this post - I will try not to talk too long, as it's just the flight and not actually much about Germany most likely. But the moral of this post is Lufthansa is great if you need assistance with flying!

When I got to the Detroit airport, they didn't have someone right away, but someone from the airport did take me through security and to my gate.  (Sidenote: she grew up in Macedonia, as in the country, and told me how much I'd love Europe and how it's better than the USA.) She sat me in the little boarding area for people who need assistance, so I got to go on a little early and have someone show me where my seat was.

I was a little nervous that I'd have to ask again for help when I got to Frankfurt, but I had my white cane with me and made sure to have it out and they stopped me from leaving and put me again with people who needed assistance. (My name was on their "list" since I'd called beforehand to say I would need help getting around.)  We all walked to a little back hallway and then they kind of split us up (I'm assuming it was based on where everyone needed to go); I ended up with a couple who had actually been sitting behind me on the plane.

Then they took us all on little electric cars all around the airport (or at least, that's what it felt like!). I knew the Frankfurt airport was pretty big, but WOW.  I was super-glad not to be navigating by myself, that's for sure.  Around the airport, through doors for authorized people only, up and down some elevators...I was completely lost. The best part was when the attendant stopped at the passport gate: she took our passports ("no, you can stay here!") and got them stamped for us. I was the first to be dropped off - I still had about three hours of my layover left so they took me to the little lounge for the disabled where I could wait.  I was really glad - not only were there not many people there, there was some food and drinks that we could have! I was quite thirsty so it was nice not to have to look for a place to buy anything.  I then took (or tried to take) a nap, as I hadn't slept on the plane. (Believe me, I tried. 7.5 hours is not fun when you can't sleep.)

Around my boarding time, they came and took me to my gate (which involved a shuttle that everyone had to ride - this airport was crazy-huge!) and helped me on the plane again. When I arrived in Leipzig, someone came with me to help me find my baggage and made sure I found my ride. (My landlord came and picked me up, which was really nice of her.)

So that was the extent of my flight, really. I'll try to do a more exciting post soon here.
Tschüs!