Leaving On A Jetplane

I actually loved flying Icelandair-- I didn't realize that with the ticket I bought (Economy Comfort) that it let me take the quick line through security which anyone who has flown in/out of Newark knows that is a God send! It also gave me access to Luthansa sky club before boarding my flight. Here I was rocking my Old Navy yoga pants and hoodie with sneakers in this swanky all you can eat and drink lounge. I took full advantage..... 3 beers some dried fruit an apple and some gummy bears.

11 hours on a flight--wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. I guess I mentally prepared myself for the worst so that when it didn't end up so bad I would be pleasantly surprised. (Bad habit, I know)

 The first leg of the trip was from Newark to Rekyajick Iceland I also didn't know that my plane ticket included whatever food or drink I wanted on the plane as well! I could seriously get used to this! So I ordered a glass of wine and a ham and cheese hot sandwich because I had read on the reviews of Icelandair before leaving that was the best thing to order. I turned on my music to Dierks Bentley Drunk on a plane and I dozed off to sleep... :)

We landed in Iceland at 6:45 in the morning local time or 1:45 am eastern time. So I  got an amazing picture of the sunrise coming up about 5/5:30 am.

We were an hour delayed getting off the ground in Newark, again no surprise haha and I only originally had an hour 15 minute layover before my flight to Frankfurt. By the time we landed it was 10 minutes before my flight was boarding and 35 minutes before takeoff. I accepted the fact that my luggage probably wouldn't make it with such a quick turn around time. I hurry off the plane and try to find my way to the gate for Frankfurt. At this point i'm totally cursing those 3 beers I had! I find the gate but to get to the other side where I need to be you have to go through customs first. Which in hindsight makes sense but I thought I wasn't going to be going through customs until Germany. With now 5 minutes until boarding I was stressed. Luckily I made it through and was en route to Deutschland!

The flight from Iceland to Frankfurt was fairly easy--3 hours and change. I had the most delicious breakfast on board. Icelandic yogurt, a doughnut called a Kleina it was more like sweet bread then a doughnut but still equally as delicious! I also asked the flight attendant what this orange drink was and she explained its like Fanta but Icelandic and more delicious. So I gave that a try as well. Who knew Fanta was a benchmark to compare things to? haha She also brought me one of their popular candy bars called a Ris bar. Think of little balls similar to what is in Reese's cereal in a chocolate bar. It was an interesting combination but delicious!

About an hour later we land in Frankfurt and as I mentioned I was fairly certain my luggage wasn't going to make it but the travel gods  were on my side and my luggage made it! On to Weisbaden....