Debacle at the Airport (Bonus Post!)

Monday Mar 2nd

so let me tell what a stressful experience it was coming to Valencia; unbelievable!

So we wake up, dress, and check out of the hostel, everything so far is just fine a dandy. We have all of our information in hands ready to check in at the airport. It turns out there is a 10KG weight limit on all carry ons! AARG so we check in both of our rolling bags. However, its not as easy as you might think, we need to get out of line go down the hall and turn the corner to actually purchase the check baggages! 20 euro each! There goes our budget for the day. So we are paying for the luggage..... But then.... we forgot our laptop! And we didn't want it in are checked baggage so they can bang it all around and potentially break it. So we run back, as if is any way we could get our bag back to get our laptop....so we wait and we wait, finally someone is willing to help us (meanwhile the clock is ticking and our plane is about to board). So the dude says, go across the hall, turn the corner, go downstairs to the Arrivals, wait until someone leaving comes out of the doors so that you can get in and go to belt number 13. Ok, this was told to us by an airport official, so we thought it was ok. He never mentioned AT ALL that we needed to check with the guard BEFORE sneaking into the baggage claim area. YEP, so corey and I wait until someone leaves and we book it so that the doors don't close on us.....and all of a sudden we have a guard chasing us yelling to stop. BUT we had a perfectly good explanation about way we were doing what we were doing. BUT the prick didn't even let me get one word in! He said come outside and explain it to be there, so we get outside and still he doest let me explain, he just goes on about security and safety and blah, blah, blah. He hasn't even heard our story! I keep saying I'm sorry, sincerely sorry, and So finally I to get start explaining (by the way this is all happening in Spanish). I feel that I'm not explaining myself very well and so I ask if he speaks English, He says very little, I would prefer Catalan, well F* n I can barely get the Spanish right, and you think I'm going to speak to you in Catalan, Get out of here! Finally, he only lets me back into baggage claim to get our bags, which I did! And I was passing the Ass I even say thank you! And he just stood thinking that he is high and mighty guarding the baggage claim area. Good for You!

So we get out bags and our laptop. But we have to go back to the check in area to RE-check our two bags. Unbelievable! So we did, and we get to our gate and make the plane on time.

Thank god.