There’s a sticker that circulated around Gainesville that says “Anything that can go right will.”
I’m not a disillusioned person, but I always liked that phrase. I liked it, but I never said it was true.
This summer I embarked on an adventure to Berlin, Germany. Up until the moment my luggage arrived at the Berlin hotel – late – everything that could go wrong did.
Here’s a synopsis of all the fun misadventures I got myself into on my unexpected three-day transit to Berlin:
- Hung out at the MIA airport for five hours waiting for my delayed flight
- Got off the plane because the pilot wasn’t there
- Got on the plane when the pilot showed up
- Arrived in New York at 1:30 a.m. Friday and missed my connecting flight to Berlin
- Received a free hotel room and a boatload of airport meal vouchers from American Airlines
- Successfully navigated from the hotel in Queens to the Upper East Side of Manhattan on the subway
- Went to Central Park
- Got lost in Central Park
- Met a flight attendant from Buenos Ares who is training to become a pilot
- Walked to the Metropolitan just before the rain
- Accidentally stayed in the European classical paintings section way too long
- Saw at least 10 Van Goh paintings
- Ate a mediocre burger in a space with six bar stools, 10 employees and one cooktop
- Almost got crushed by a subway train door
- Missed my connecting flight in London Heathrow to Berlin Saturday morning
- Met a young Polish engineer on the flight to Berlin
- Finally got to Berlin – before my luggage
- Dreamed about my luggage all Saturday night while talking in my sleep
- Ended my streak of bad luck Sunday when I picked up my suitcase from the front desk
That concludes my unluckly streak of misadventures – I hope.
Lil crumbnut 