pumsti goes NYC

I am already back in NY after my short but nice Austrian vacation. It was the first time that I went back to Austria in summer since I have moved to the US. And it was kind of hard this time to go back because it really felt nice to enjoy the pool in the sun at my parents place and do BBQ in the garden. But the trip back was full of experiences this time: When I got to Vienna airport after I returned my rental car I had to go from arrivals to the departure section which is upstairs. There was an old lady in front of the elevator who asked me very rude to come with her into the lift. I didn’t get it the first time what she actually wanted so I asked her and then she explained (still the rude way) that she gets panic attacks if she is alone in an elevator. I was very happy to help her out by going with her but I was confused why she said it that rude and in a very harsh way. Checking in at the British Airways counter (I was flying American Airlines this time and they partner with BA) meant to check in at the self check-in machine but then stand in line again like everyone else to drop off the bags since they didn’t have a separate bag drop counter. What a waste of everyones time. I had only an hour to connect at Heathrow for my flight to JFK and was worried that either I wouldn’t catch the connection or my baggage wouldn’t make it. I actually made it right on time but concerning the luggage I am going to tell you in a second. The flight to JFK was quite alright but I do not understand why it is always me that gets wet because a flight attendant is pouring my drink all over me. I swear I did not do or say anything wrong but it was already the third time on an American Airlines flight where I got a undesirable shower. Now to the luggage: We arrived in JFK on time after 7 hours and also going through immigration was pretty quick but then it took 30 min until the first bags appeared on the line and it seemed those bags were only around 20 percent of the whole flight. After another 30 min there were more bags but I still could not see mine. After standing there for one and a half hours people where complaining and asking what’s going on and we finally got an announcement that there were more bags about to come. Finally, after 2 hours of waiting we all got our bags. I still don’t know what exactly happened but my gut feeling tells me that they didn’t make the connection in Heahtrow and came with the next flight from there but I was really surprised how bad the communication was at JFK. At the end I was just happy that I finally got my bags as it wouldn’t have been the first time where my bags got lost at “Thiefrow”.

EDIT:
I completely forgot one thing. The former Austrian soccer team trainer “Hicke von Flanke” was standing in line behind me at the passport control in Vienna. The fact that no one was taking notice of him or even ask him for his autograph tells you how bad the Austrian soccer team was and is