Everyone tends to go home for Christmas. You can stay away during Easter, or during birthdays, or during summer…but for Christmas, hell no!
I spent Christmas 2011 in Berlin, but for Christmas 2012 I said: let’s go to see some friends and parents in Italy, and let’s do it with Air Berlin.
The plan was really simple: fly from Berlin to Venice on December 23th, and then back on December 30th. Simple uh? Read on!
My flight to Venice was on December 23th, from Berlin Tegel at 4.55pm with Air Berlin AB8990. I arrived to the airport 2 hours before the departure (yeah, I know, no need to, but I feel kinda safe this way), and immediately I did the check-in procedure, leaving my bags and passing through metal detectors. All good. Excited to go home!
I was with my girlfriend Giulia waiting for our flights like 1 hour before the departure time, spending time reading and walking around, since Berlin Tegel is a really boring airport. Around 4.30pm (20 minutes before departure), I was checking the timetable when I saw a terrible thing: MY FLIGHT WAS CANCELLED.
Now, you can say: “It can happen, nothing new here”. Yeah, you are right. That morning there was even a bit of snow and maybe ice, but other flights were still on time and departing from the airport.
So, the first reaction was: WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED?
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