It's 3:55am and I am in the Weeze Airport not to be confused with the Düssedorf Airport. I have been at the airport now for 3 hours. We are scheduled for the first flight to London at 7:05am. Unfortunately, the last train to Weeze was at 12:30 last night so we had to come several hours earlier than should have been the case had we been at the Düsseldorf International Airport which was less than 2 miles from our hotel. We actually spent the night laying on the floor in the foyer between the interior and exterior doors because the airport was closed when we arrived. During this time we met a nice woman from Belarus who spoke no English and very little German (of which I speak 0 myself) but we somehow communicated with her none-the-less. I find that it´s almost fun to try to communicate with someone else when you have no verbal aids. We also met a nice soldier from the British Army who was waiting in the terminal for his friend to pick him up. So for about 30 minutes we had some English speaking company which was fun too.
Before we came to the airport this morning we went to the movies (it is the only air conditioned place that we found in the city) and we watched Oceans 13 in German without subtitles. It was pretty funny even when I couldn't´t understand the dialog 90% of the time. Again, for some reason even though I don´t speak the language sometimes it can still be understood.
I think that this trip was an excellent experience with immersion in a different culture. Unlike my trip to Ireland this trip left more to be learned and was interesting, even fun, even if we didn´t end up doing too much more than the normal everyday things in a new place.
But I digress.. Back to the title of this post: Discount Airlines & Saving Money. Our flight to Düsseldorf cost us 6GBP+Taxes (about $35US). We saved about 120,00 off the price of a ticket to Düsseldorf International, However what we ended up spending in additional travel (shuttles etc.), lost time due to commuting, a lost day in a pre-paid hotel and just all around inconvenience I will definitely take better care in the future to lookout for these issues and advise you to do the same if you find yourself a similar situation. The only upside to the inconvenience was that this is the only time we really spoke with and interacted with the locals.
Ok, well I just made it home so I am going to take a nap before I have to go to work tonight. I'll upload the pictures then.
Have a great day!
~Jenn
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