Mariana did warn me.. "debbie, are you sure you wanna fly from Weeze?" - I said, "heeey, its cheap, it'll be fine". Hmm, wise Mariana got it right again.
I got my train alright from Aachen to Krefeld. But there I had to get off and swap trains to take me from Krefeld to Weeze. The train at 7:07pm didnt show, so I waited another 30mins for the next one. It came, and I dragged my things on, finding a nice spot to chill for the remaining 45 minutes. Hm, everyone seemed to be getting out one stop after Krefeld, even those with big luggage cases who looked like they were going to Weeze too. So eventually an old man told me to get off because there was broken rail lines and we had to take a bus to skip 3 stations. Ok.. not so good when you have 35KG of baggage to lug around, but I managed it. I squeezed on the bus as the last person - all of us without an inch of space between us. So, 10 minutes into the journey, the bus just stops. We all look around and theres no train station, no cars.. actually, theres only grass. AWESOME... the bus that was taking us pass the broken rail lines, broke down!!!!! Is that possible? Well, looks like it, hu! I had to call Bassam to get some info, but used the last of my calling credit. Not a smart move. I was completely stuck and completely late. My watery eyes must have made an old man feel bad for me when he asked me where I was going etc. Eventually he found 2 others from Edinburgh who were returning home on the same flight. We ended up sharing a taxi together and getting to the airport juuust in time. Funny thing is, the flight was delayed 30 minutes. But check in had closed.. I had to get some nice help and have my bags specially checked in last minute. But it worked! And because it was so rushed, Ryanair didnt notice that it was 5KG overweight! Ta Da :)
I made it home 1.5hrs late with my mum, step-dad and bro all looking pretty exhausted and not too happy. No wonder.. 1.5hrs in the airport waiting.. sucks. But i'd rather have been them than me tonight. The bloooody stress of thinking I might miss the flight almost had me having a mini heartattack. and lots of potential tears!!!!! I had some people who really, really helped me tonight.. and I didnt have to pay excess baggage costs. But was it worth it? Doooooont think so.
Now I'm home.. had some toast and tea. And soon to bed. Quite a long day so far.. and tomorrow starts the next chapter. What now????? :)
