Day 2

Day 2

0900 Local Time April 30, 2010 – 1330 Local Time May 01, 2010

Well, so far not so good for the Euro-Hopping Duo. After the shower routine we had the day crew back (who are quite friendly and helpful). We filled it with a little bit of napping (and by we, I mean I). It’s a pretty good thing that they have WiFi here because that would’ve made the day go a lot slower.
There is also all of one option for eating on base that delivers to the terminal. There is a Burger King in walking distance, but the only delivery locale is a pizza joint. So for lunch we had pepperoni-spinach-broccoli pizza for lunch and shared with some of our fellow traveling mates. That’s one thing that’s nice about Space-A. Because everything is so not set in stone, most people are relaxed and flexible. Would you like an apple or an orange? Here, have a slice of pizza. So that’s been nice.

But unfortunately, eventually all the flight times were changed from tentative seats to no seats, which was a bummer. Germany wasn’t even an option any more. So as it was, we decided to call it quits for the day and hook ourselves up with a Holiday Inn Express night via free points. Definitely have to like those free points. We also had free roast beef sandwiches that were pretty good at that hotel.
We have learned that if you’re planning to take a trip you should do the following things:

 Sign up everywhere (or, as many places as you can when you send out that e-mail) –Just because Dover is close to you, you might be hopping to another base before you hop out of the country.

 Sign up around 45 days in advance just incase you get delayed (especially if you have cruise tickets). This way you won’t have your name restart on the list back at 1.

 Bring a towel. These are especially useful when showering outside of the hotel realm.

 USO rooms are very nice, but to use them you have to leave your luggage in the car. The USO room is highly recommended as a travel stop and as a place for watching movies. And on that note I would also recommend the Kingdom as a movie to watch if you have Netflix.

 Don’t eat a 500 calorie Danish in the middle of the night. These are not healthy and generally throw off eating patterns. 0300 is not an acceptable time to be eating anything.

 Space-A flights are not like a box of chocolates. Boxes of chocolates have a key that are quite correct as to what flavor of chocolate you’re going to get: the key for seats and flight times is not set, and is subject to change.


So today we’re quite well rested which is good. Definitely superior to sleeping in that chair. Looks like the plan is going to be head to Charleston this afternoon and hope to catch a Rota flight from there! Wish us luck!

*~The Traveling Buddies

Current Location: Dover AFB, Delaware
Day 2: Over and Out.