Business Travelogue Part I: The Departure and the Flight
The DEPARTURE My suitcase is heavy… heavy enough for a 156 cm. woman let alone drag it all over the airport. Thank God for trolleys! Still it is a pain to load the massive thing into it. Here’s the dilemma, I over packed. So now I have to make sure I can get away with this. Knowing KLM, I must find a way! The airline is very notorious in sticking to the 20 kilos limit, no ifs and buts. Hmm, my colleague (let’s call him McDee) traveling with me, he’s male and fortunately we all know that most men travel light. They have this habit of picking and packing only the necessities in life. I was right. So I called him, “ Vraagje, hoeveel kilos heb jij? ” (Question, how many kilos do you have?) “ Misschien onder de 12 kilos ” (Maybe less than 12 kilos) he replied. “ Zullen wij de check-in samen doen? ” (Shall we check in together?), I said, with a big grin all over my face. I actually arrived in the airport earlier than McDee because I planned to buy some souvenirs for my customers. I have ...