Impressions
My flight back from Nice was quite an ordeal. The actual flights themselves were good. It’s everything else that sucked. My flight from Nice to London was delayed and we landed a hour twenty minutes late. I’m ok with a little delay, but not when that cuts into my flight connection time. Objective: Go from Terminal 1 to Terminal 5 to catch my flight in less than 30 minutes. I literally ran with my carry-ons through terminals and escalators, caught a bus to get to the right terminal, and caught a train to get to the proper gate. All of this just to make my connecting flight. I never thought I could cover so much ground in so little time. I guess i looked really bad when I got there because someone asked if I was OK since I was sweating like a pig.
Luckily I caught the flight, but I don’t think British Airways thought I would. While I was seated, the flight attendant asked to see my ticket and said, “Oh, you made it…” I guess that should have warned me because when I got to JFK, they didn’t have my suitcase. Nope. It’s still in London at Terminal 5. The joys of traveling.
What I Did
Car to Nice airport
Return car rental (bye bye Mercedes E220)
Fly out to London
Sprint to catch connecting flight to New York
Land in JFK and see my girlfriend ^_^