We got up and got our stuff and off to the airport, left our apartment in Madrid for the last time at 7am. We decided to take subway(5€ vs 40€ cab). Well 50 pounds suitcase and atleast 3 flights of stairs. My knee is blue and black from banging into it. We get to airport, and had to walk alot to get to the right terminal. We don't the EasyJet line get in and put our bags on. They say we are 5 lb over ok so we had to go across and pay an over weight fee. So we go over and she tells us it is 70€ yep it was 17€ for ever kg over. So we are like ok well both our credit cards won't work. That was odd. So we dig into our surf camp money and she tells us she has no change, we had to go find change our selfs. We find a money extange place and shauna got some over her Canadian changed over. So back we go and give her the money. I might add she was very rude and not pleasant to deal with.
So we got our boarding passes and went to get something to eat.
Thankfully I read online that you can only have 1 cary on. Just one no bag plus laptop bag, just one. So we get in line, why people line up so early before they say they are boarding is beyond me. But we got in line early because I was scared they would make us check our backpacks. The women infront of us had a small shoulder bag and they made her put in in her little carry on suitcase. Thankfully they did not question the size of our back packs.
When we checked in online the night before they wanted us to pay 4€ or 15€ for a seat. So we did not pay. We got a Window seat and the one right. Next to it. It was also in the 15€ section with extra leg room. And we did not pay extra for it. So we are not quite so mad with them.
We are half way to Portugal and they ask if there is a doctor on board. The woman sitting next to us turned out to be a doctor. Some one had fainted. We land and we noticed alot of plains just sitting on the tarmac. As we taxi in the pilot asked that every one stay seated until notified, so they could get the medical team on the plane. That was fine but then we realized that alot of plains are being un loaded on the tarmac. And sure enough we park on the tarmac and they bring stairs, the ambulance came, then busses came. It is pouring down rain at this point and they say we can un load but we can only go out the back door. So we unload get cramed into the bus and driving to the terminal. We got our bags and only mine had an over weight tag, and it was only one pound over. So what in the world did the charge us for. They will be getting a very up set email. Plus we will never use them again.
So we come out to were people are waiting and we are trying to find our drive. And there was a sign with my name on it sooooo cool to see.
We got in the van and drove to the surf school. It was an hr drive 80€ not to bad because a taxi would have been much more.
We are now in Portugal. In am small town west of Peniche. The house is cold it is made of cement and it has been storming the days before. It was very damp, we were told that it is always humid here. But right on the ocean.
Don't fly with EasyJet....
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