Fallen Souffle

I know this isn’t really food related…but I am too excited….Evan and I booked a trip to London for our one year anniversary! I am so excited, I could barely sleep Friday night after we booked it. It is on the B.K. (before kids) list of places we want to go before we start a family. Also on that list is touring New York City (to be done next September thanks to Scott and Jess’ wedding), and an African Safari hopefully to be done in 2007.

Though when we look back at our past travel adventures together, it’s a wonder we enjoy it so much. Evan thinks I am a bad luck charm, but I think it’s just our dumb luck.

- When we first “met” in Italy, our entire group, except Evan, lost our luggage for 3 days. We also were there for the hottest summer on record, and Italy does not have A/C.

- When we went to Austria the next summer, our flight to Paris was moved up 4 hours so we had to completely re-route our trip to Vienna. The ohnly incentive we got from the airline was an $8 food voucher which bought us a slice of pizza each. On the way back our first flight was delayed and we almost had to spend the night in Amsterdam (which doesn’t sound like such a bad deal to some people, but I was so ready to get home). We, ofcourse, lost our luggage due to the change in itinerary and got it back sometime the next day.

- On our honeymoon we had a direct flight to Ft. Lauderdale, where we were to board for our Caribbean cruise. Once we boarded we were told there were some “technical difficulties” that needed to be addressed before take off. The slight delay turned into our flight being cancelled and re-routing us through Atlanta and then to Ft. Lauderdale where we arrived only to find out luggage no where to be found. Shocker! I was sobbing so much the cruise agent gave us free transfers to the cruise ship….the wrong cruise ship. Luckily the driver was cool and took us to the correct ship where we were literally the last passengers to board, still unsure as to whether our luggage got on or if we would have to wear our lovely attire for 3 days. Luckily it did arrive and the rest of our honeymoon was smooth sailing.

So for this trip we are again taking a direct flight but I am packing two days worth of clothes with me! Though looking back on all of our “adventures” maybe the problem isn’t our dumb luck…but a far larger problem with today’s airlines?

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