Return Train Derailed, well at least delayed.

After having a great flight from Almaty to Amsterdam, our flight from Amsterdam has been “postposed” for 2 days. Seems the Pilot got sick…… I’m no airline expert, but it has to be cheaper to fly a new pilot in, than to put 200+ people up in a hotel for 2 nights. Now we are stuck in a Hotel in Amsterdam, short on diapers and baby food. We had enough to make it through the first half day, but we have to take the shuttle back to the airport today to get more Diapers etc… There is nothing around us except a Shell gas station and they have none of what we need. When we go to the airport today, we are going to the counter to make sure our flight is still set for tomorrow, and have them figure out what they are going to do about our connecting flight from Detroit to Cleveland. I called Northwest/KLM yesterday to make sure they still had record of us, and that we were still set for 9:00 am on Aug 1. So far that’s a yes. Our hotel vouchers were for two days, but the flight time was scheduled for the next day. When I first called KLM, he said next day, but after he put me on hold for a few minutes he came back and confirmed two days. Of course Mom and Dad only have what they are wearing, and the checked baggage is stored someplace in the basement until the flight.

Anyway, on to Stephen. So far he has been great! I think he is handling all this much better than we are. He was great on the plane, and everyone just loved him. He only cried a couple of times, I think because he was so tired. He did scream a couple times, but he really doesn’t like to have his Diaper Changed. We were in two seats by the window, but before we started out, the attendant asked a couple gentlemen sitting on either end of a set of three seats if they would mind moving, and they agreed. We were able to have three seats this way, one in the middle for him to sleep in.




Well we went to the airport and got the few items we needed. We stopped at the KLM desk to check on our flight and see about our connecting flight from Detroit. We are supposed to land around noon Detroit time. They said they won’t start rescheduling connecting flight until this flight is in the air. Doesn’t exactly instill confidence.

We will post more, if anything else happens or once we get home. Which ever comes first.