Get Comfortable With Not Being In Control
One time, I was supposed to meet a friend in Berlin, where we would begin a 2-week tour of Europe, leading around people on a trip they had paid absurd amounts of money for. We planned it for six months, down to the hour.
Well, as I was getting to the airport, I get a text: his flight got canceled and he’s routing to Switzerland instead in the hopes of catching a flight from there. Well, shoot. He might end up a day late.
I get to the counter, and, lo and behold, my first flight is delayed four hours, meaning I’ll be in New York, not Berlin. Also, my friend, who had all the official say to change things, was now on a plane and unreachable.
I ended up booking a flight to Paris, having to get fairly curt with an airline manager to do it. From there, got the next flight to Berlin. Oddly enough, the bag claim for mine was right next to the one my friend had managed to get on. Somehow, we both ended up on time and in the right country. The point is, when you’re traveling, adapting is going to be part of the adventure.
Well, as I was getting to the airport, I get a text: his flight got canceled and he’s routing to Switzerland instead in the hopes of catching a flight from there. Well, shoot. He might end up a day late.
I get to the counter, and, lo and behold, my first flight is delayed four hours, meaning I’ll be in New York, not Berlin. Also, my friend, who had all the official say to change things, was now on a plane and unreachable.
I ended up booking a flight to Paris, having to get fairly curt with an airline manager to do it. From there, got the next flight to Berlin. Oddly enough, the bag claim for mine was right next to the one my friend had managed to get on. Somehow, we both ended up on time and in the right country. The point is, when you’re traveling, adapting is going to be part of the adventure.