The Bags Finally Showed Up
At last, like long-lost friends, our luggage turned up in Berlin. In the same place we are. Really. Nice to see them.
After this I'm becoming convinced that airline alliances are really just a group of companies integrated enough to optimize profit but separate enough to be able to point the finger of blame at another "alliance" member. "Seamless travel experience?" Um, not if anything at all goes wrong. Seems shady business the way they do it.
Today's Doings In Potsdam
After we changed hotels, we headed down to Potsdam and strolled the Brandenburger Straße, where the Christmas stalls are set up. It snowed part of the time and it was really beautiful, even thought it was cold.
The lead-off to last night's newscast was: "The whole of Germany lays in Snow-Chaos tonight!" It really didn't seem that bad to create such a panic. More is on the way, with high temperatures Thursday supposed to be only about 20F, much below normal.
10 December 2012
Lost Baggage Update
Even though we arrived in Berlin late Friday evening, our two checked bags have been enjoying other parts of Europe without us. All we know is what we can deduce from the very limited information we've found on KLM's website ("Still tracking," is the standard verbiage), and from Twitter exchanges I've had with @KLM ("Once we have an update we will get back to you," is the favorite from that bunch).
Our bags sat in Amsterdam all day Friday before being sent to Budapest sometime on Saturday afternoon and then transferred to another airline to be on a flight late last night (Sunday), from Budapest to Berlin. We believe/hope they are spending this morning (Monday), at Berlin Tegel. Now, these are all guesses and deductions, but we apparently have a better handle on it than KLM seems to.
Today we change hotels. After we do that, we think we will go to the airport to see is we can get any other information in-person. Not sure that'll bear any fruit but it's worth a try. Otherwise, it'll be more shopping today for things to wear: Philip has run out and I will likely by Tuesday.
Good news is that it's become a little warmer and the snowfall last night was much less than I think was expected.
More later today, including some beautiful photos of the Christmas markets and other sights.
Our bags sat in Amsterdam all day Friday before being sent to Budapest sometime on Saturday afternoon and then transferred to another airline to be on a flight late last night (Sunday), from Budapest to Berlin. We believe/hope they are spending this morning (Monday), at Berlin Tegel. Now, these are all guesses and deductions, but we apparently have a better handle on it than KLM seems to.
Today we change hotels. After we do that, we think we will go to the airport to see is we can get any other information in-person. Not sure that'll bear any fruit but it's worth a try. Otherwise, it'll be more shopping today for things to wear: Philip has run out and I will likely by Tuesday.
Good news is that it's become a little warmer and the snowfall last night was much less than I think was expected.
More later today, including some beautiful photos of the Christmas markets and other sights.
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