Bob on BAC Majorca 2007

Sunday, April 29 - I'm sitting in the international terminal at SFO at about 5:00 pm waiting for my flight to Frankfurt. Everything has been easy so far. BART was pretty slow but it dropped me off about 100 feet from the United check-in counter. There were almost no people in line there and at the security checkpoint. If it took me more than 15 minutes to get through everything, I'd be surprised. I guess that I'll fly more often in late afternoon. The downside of this is that I have a long wait before my flight leaves. I'll see what I feel like after I get to Mallorca.

Monday, April 30 - Now I'm sitting in the Spanish Air terminal in Barcelona at about 7:00 pm waiting for a couple of hours for my flight to Palma. The flight from SFO to Frankfurt was pretty smooth. Some chop from time-to-time but nothing serious. The landing was a little rough, though. Lots of wind. I managed to read a couple of chapters of my book, watch a movie, eat two meals - some decent pasta and an awful breakfast sandwich - and get 3-4 hours of sleep. After negotiating the maze in the Frankfurt airport, I finally found the gate to the flight to Barcellona. While the Frankfurt flight was full, the Barcelona flight was about 1/3 full. I had lots of leg room. They fed us a sandwich and chocolate bar. I started to read, but kept dozing off. In the Barcelona airpoty, I got hungry again and ate a meal of veal steak and fries. The beer that I had with it really made me sleepy.

The weather here and in Frunkfurt is lightly overcast and warm - in the 70's. I hope that this is a good omen for Mallorca.

I got to Mallorca at about 10:30 and waited around for my bags to arrive. When they didn't show up, I was pointed to a different baggage area in an enclosed customs area. I found my bicycle suitcase right away but my regular suitcase wasn't there. I made a claim at the lost luggage desk and then decided to take one last look in customs. I found the bag. It had fallen off of the belt and was hidden behind it. That was real good news. After telling the baggage people to forget about my claim, I taxied to the hotel (€26), checked in, took a shower and went to sleep around midnight. I slept fairly soundly until about 8 in the morning.