Safe and Sound in Germany (Ramstein AFB)

order isotretinoin mastercard Well, wheels up was about 0145 Sunday (9/29) and wheels down in in Germany was 1418 Sunday (9/29).  The flight was late leaving BWI due to a passenger medical emergency and that passenger needed to be taken off the plane after being tended to by the medics who happened to be on board headed back to Germany.

Wake Forest Plane lands in Germany @ Ramstein AFB

Of course, her luggage needed to be located and removed. As you can imagine, it was no small feat and it took about 60 minutes or more, the flight was initially scheduled for departure at 2330.   Those of us who fly Space-A get used to the little missteps along the way, of course the $17.10 cost per person helps to smooth one’s patience. On commercial flights, Princess Pat refuses to ever sit in a middle seat – but she peeped nary a word with our seat assignments. We were both in center seats in a gang of four. Pat noticed that active duty military in uniform were given all aisle seats (unless they requested a window seat) as it should be!

Deplaning is an experience to behold. Officers first, families relocating to new assignments in Europe with pets in the cargo hold, military on orders for Kuwait, active duty military, then all others. A system like that would never work on a general public flight. Seatbelt light off, everyone jumps up and sharpens their elbows. We have checked into the Air Force Inn for 2 nights while we ponder the next 72-hours and what to do prior to arrival in Amsterdam.  We still need transportation from Ramstein to Amsterdam so it will be priority #1 tomorrow.

Our home for 2-days as we square away logistics

We have showered and now we’re are off for a walk around the base, following the not-to-scale rendering to locate some of the base’s finer attractions (shortened by raindrops) and to get something to eat. We had passed on the served dinner at 2 am on the plane (sleep was more important at the time) and the breakfast snack was crackers and cheese (Pat’s very favorite – Yeah, right!), roasted almonds, and an Oreo cookie. I guess the fruit and veggies failed to make the flight. So stomachs were growling in early evening.

 After checking out the wares at the Ramstein Farmers Market in the AAFES concourse, we stopped at Roma’s Macaroni Grill for a glass of wine, calamari (pretty good by the way, maybe best calamari in Germany), salad. And, for Pat, grilled lemon chicken kabobs with a bit of heat from red pepper and grilled vegetables was the choice. Mike’s choice was a chicken and sweet corn carbonara pasta. Next wash the sweat out of our travel clothes in preparation for the next six weeks.