der flug fliegt gleich ab!

so the best part about the flight over, besides the free booze, was the fact that my flight attendant decided to speak german to me, the whole time. so happy. also got to speak german in the duesseldorf airport while waiting for connecting flight to athens. had an interesting conversation with the passport control guy who complained that there was no room in my passport. sorry, i know, my passport is obese. had about 40 minutes to pick up luggage get onto flight to santorini and totally got lost in the airport. apparently, the greeks have an interesting way of labeling gates. so there are arrows pointing to the numbered gate but it's all confusing and the arrows change suddenly without warning. almost missed my flight. but i make it and the plane we're taking has a propeller, not a turbine inside a tube, but an actual outside propeller. well two, really, but i panic for a split second. i am seated next to an obese loud american lady, who deosnt fit into her seat. her panus ends up spilling both on top and bottom of the armrest. now, i dont take too much space so whatever, i dont care, but when i realize i need to duck everytime she raises her hand for fear of being elbowed in the eyeball, i'm peaved. suddenly the captain gets onto the loudspeaker to announce that there is a small problem with the plane. 'we can try to fix it, but we might make this small problem bigger. so we're going to take another plane. so we wait for an hour for the plane#2 to be ready. this guy is a total character, as he proceeds to poke his head into teh cabin and with thumbs raised smile 'just a little bit, it's for your safety' (you have to imagine a greek accent here). this behavior causes me to say 'who is this guy?" outloud. to which the obese lady proceeds to explain that this is the captain of teh plane. 'yes i know, but i mean this guy is not a real person.' thanks lady! during the filght, he names every single island we pass, providing interesting information, like 'this island has great beaches. this island doesnt really have anything." we arrive in santorini, it's beautiful. dinner is followed by drinks with strange locals carla has befriended who provide free shots. i have eben awake for too long. i am awake @ 4. nothing i can do. really hoping i can sleep tonight.