Starting Off.....

Today I started off my, "Euro Trip", with arriving at the airport three hours early. After I set out to check my bags, I noticed that one of them was missing (at this time, I have been on my own for about 20 seconds). Luckily, someone told me that the bus driver put my bag back on the shuttle because he assumed it belonged to someone besides the person it was next to. Thank you, nice guy/ person, for giving me the shuttle bus number and allowing me to retrieve my bag. Phew!

My third misfortune was a result of me not weighing my two luggage bags before I arrived at the airport. The weight limit for a bag is 50 lb. It is 175 dollars for bags that weigh between 50-70 lb. and 300 dollars for bags that weigh above 70 lb. I had bags that weighed 78 lb. and 40 lb.

*son of a motherless goat*

I quickly adjusted the weight of the two bags along the curve (looking as though the world was about to end, due to my sloppy packing) to 68 lb. and 40 lb. and stuffed the all the extra weight down my carry on backpack, because the lighter suitcase was too small and would not fit.

*balls....*

Note to self: throw away clothes when coming back. It will be worth way less than paying 200 bucks for a weight fee.

It was kind of awkward getting on the plane with a backpack that came up to my torso. I just kept my eyes down and pretended I was invisible. "At a way, ben!"

Right now, I'm killing a lot of time before my next flight leaves (I'm in New York) and I was fortunate enough to find free wifi.

* World: 3 Ben: 1 *

I'm sure I'll have a more successful trip in the future because I am physically stronger (from carrying my heavy backpack), mentally prepped for any misfortune that will most likely happen to me, and....kinda broke (stupid weight fee....).