Our layover in Amsterdam allowed us to leave the airport and travel into the city for a nice morning walk.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
We made it
Just wanted to let everyone know that we made the trip. It was a long haul, but over all I think that we all did fine with it. Lily slept through most of the night last night, she woke up at about 4 this morning. We hope that this is a good sign that she will be fully back on US time soon. As for Greg and I, we could very happily still be sleeping, but we had some good sleep last night that was very needed.
Our trip didn't start off very well, I am glad that all the problems were in the beginning though. We had ordered a driver to take us over to Bahrain, and he showed up on time and we left the house at the time we had wanted to. Everything seemed to be going good. We get halfway to Bahrain, over the causeway, and the driver doesn't have updated paperwork to leave the country! So we had to wait for another guy to come and take us the rest of the way. So we finally get to the airport, and security in Bahrain is almost nonexistant it is so easy, so we breeze through the priliminary to get to the desks to check in, here is where the biggest problem happened. They have Greg and I, but not Lily, and we can't get her a ticket here. When I ordered the plain tickets I was worried about this, KLM wouldn't let me buy Lilys ticket online or over the phone when I bought my ticket. They said that she was booked on the flight, hooked to my name, but that we would have to actually perchase the ticket in Bahrain at the airport. So Greg and I were checked in, but not Lily, because they couldn't even find mention of it. I was very upset, and still am, because according to the representative we spoke to there this never should have happened, I should have been able to buy her ticket with mine. Almost two hours later (with calls for our flight to board) Greg has finally got it sorted out and we get to go through security, run to grab some food, and board the plane. Luckily the plane wasn't full, and it still left early.
We arrived in Amsterdam almost an hour early, to tack that onto the 7.5 hour layover we already have there! We took the opportunity to leave the airport and walk around the city. At 6 we got on a train-Lily's first train ride-and rode into the city, Nothing in the city is open before 8 though, so we just walked around until we found a breakfast spot that opened at 7:30, finally we had real bacon, eggs and coffee, a great breakfast! We walked around for a bit more, almost got hit by countless bikes, and decided to call it a day and head back tot he airport. It was wonderful to be able to leave the airport for a few hours and walk around outside to get refreshed. I will post pictures later today of Lily in Amsterdam. The Amsterdam airport is awonderful place to have such a long layover, they have many options for things to do, even a baby lounge where you can go with your baby and hang out. This was wonderful, they have these pod things in this room, each curtained off from the others, and inside was seating and a crib for the baby. We put Lily in the crib so she could have her own space to safely stretch out and play for awhile. Awesome. While I was out checking out the shops Greg and Lily got interveiwed about the lounge, and are going to be on a commercial or something. When we find out when it is done we will try and link it to the blog for everyone. So all in all Amserdam was a great esperience, and a great place to have such a long layover.
We boarded our plane for what we called phase 4 of our trip, the 7 hour flight to Boston. This flight wasn't packed, but it was full, so we stayed in our bulkhead area for the most part. Lily is too big for the baby bassinet, so we had to hold her or she could play on the floor. We were sitting next to another baby who was in a car seat. All things considered this flight went very well, Lily fell asleep on me for almost half the trip, so I couldn't move, but thats okay. So we made it, and are going to be hanging out with Nana and Papa today, oh and Rocky and Rado too.
Our trip didn't start off very well, I am glad that all the problems were in the beginning though. We had ordered a driver to take us over to Bahrain, and he showed up on time and we left the house at the time we had wanted to. Everything seemed to be going good. We get halfway to Bahrain, over the causeway, and the driver doesn't have updated paperwork to leave the country! So we had to wait for another guy to come and take us the rest of the way. So we finally get to the airport, and security in Bahrain is almost nonexistant it is so easy, so we breeze through the priliminary to get to the desks to check in, here is where the biggest problem happened. They have Greg and I, but not Lily, and we can't get her a ticket here. When I ordered the plain tickets I was worried about this, KLM wouldn't let me buy Lilys ticket online or over the phone when I bought my ticket. They said that she was booked on the flight, hooked to my name, but that we would have to actually perchase the ticket in Bahrain at the airport. So Greg and I were checked in, but not Lily, because they couldn't even find mention of it. I was very upset, and still am, because according to the representative we spoke to there this never should have happened, I should have been able to buy her ticket with mine. Almost two hours later (with calls for our flight to board) Greg has finally got it sorted out and we get to go through security, run to grab some food, and board the plane. Luckily the plane wasn't full, and it still left early.
We arrived in Amsterdam almost an hour early, to tack that onto the 7.5 hour layover we already have there! We took the opportunity to leave the airport and walk around the city. At 6 we got on a train-Lily's first train ride-and rode into the city, Nothing in the city is open before 8 though, so we just walked around until we found a breakfast spot that opened at 7:30, finally we had real bacon, eggs and coffee, a great breakfast! We walked around for a bit more, almost got hit by countless bikes, and decided to call it a day and head back tot he airport. It was wonderful to be able to leave the airport for a few hours and walk around outside to get refreshed. I will post pictures later today of Lily in Amsterdam. The Amsterdam airport is awonderful place to have such a long layover, they have many options for things to do, even a baby lounge where you can go with your baby and hang out. This was wonderful, they have these pod things in this room, each curtained off from the others, and inside was seating and a crib for the baby. We put Lily in the crib so she could have her own space to safely stretch out and play for awhile. Awesome. While I was out checking out the shops Greg and Lily got interveiwed about the lounge, and are going to be on a commercial or something. When we find out when it is done we will try and link it to the blog for everyone. So all in all Amserdam was a great esperience, and a great place to have such a long layover.
We boarded our plane for what we called phase 4 of our trip, the 7 hour flight to Boston. This flight wasn't packed, but it was full, so we stayed in our bulkhead area for the most part. Lily is too big for the baby bassinet, so we had to hold her or she could play on the floor. We were sitting next to another baby who was in a car seat. All things considered this flight went very well, Lily fell asleep on me for almost half the trip, so I couldn't move, but thats okay. So we made it, and are going to be hanging out with Nana and Papa today, oh and Rocky and Rado too.
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