So the plan for today was to wake up early (about 6 AM), have some breakfast and be on our way for the 3 hr drive to Frankfurt.
Instead, what happened was:
- wake-up call at 4:30 from
- wake up at 5, shower and meet in the lobby
- drive on the autobahn (for the first time) in snow/wet/cold conditions
- meet up with 2 lots of heavy roadworks
- not finding a petrol station to fill up the rental cars (so extra charges on the car hire)
- wolfing down a burger before hitting the security checkpoint
- plane is a little turboprop (noisier, but at least not even 1/5 full)
- find out the nose gear isn’t working so we have to circle for ages while it’s manually lowered
- a tow off the main runway in Birmingham while the fire truck holds station on us and no other planes can land, and finally
- a long taxi ride back
- oh, and a £300 car repair bill
