A les 7 del matí em vaig llevar, només 3 o 4 hores després d'haver anat al llit. 2 mesos són 2 mesos i volia exprimir fins l'últim moment abans de marxar. Dormir podia esperar a les 9 hores d'avió.
A l'aeroport, primer fet destacable: facturar la maleta. Cosa fàcil normalment oi? Res de destacable precisament. Doncs no. Operadora antipàtica. Somriures 0 - Preguntes Moltes: "Dónde vas?" "New Haven" "Dirección exacta?" "136 Cold Spring Street, New Haven, CT 06511". Me la fa escriure. "Cuánto tiempo?" "2 mesos". I per rematar la feina em dóna una targeta d'embarcament mentre em diu: "No tiene asiento". Amb total tranquil·litat. "Com és això?" "No tiene asiento, le asignaran uno en la puerta de embarque".
La missió 1 (aconseguir regals per la família que em proporciona una habitació) acaba de saltar a la segona posició. Missió 1: aconseguir seient. A la porta d'embarcament molt poca informació, força desorganització. Aconsegueixo seient. Corro a la primera tenda de souvenirs. La primera de veritat, no hi ha temps per més. Primer prestatge, tasses. 1 Barça, 2 Drac del Park Güell, 3 BarcelONa. Corro cap a la porta d'embarcament. Arribar i cap a dins.
Entro a l'avió i començo a notar USA. Paperet amb preguntes que ja he contestat (algunes) fa un ratet. Hi haurà les mítiques preguntes? Vol matar el president? És vosté del Partit Comunista? Decepció, no. Arribo al meu seient, trec el llibre de la maleta. M'assec, tinc espai per les cames, mai vist. El seient de davant té una pantalla per mi. Busco i rebusco. Mentrestant l'avió s'enlaira. Pel·lis, sèries, jocs.
Deixarem el llibre per altres vols. Games: In Flight Texas Hold'em. Típic avorrit joc contra una màquina? No, jugo contra el passatger del seient 39B, Tony. Round 1: després d'anar 1500 - 2500 avall, recupero, 2500 - 1500. Hora del brunch, es rendeix, victòria.
Pel·lis, de franc? Totes no, Predators (American Spanish) sí, Karate Kid (English) també. Menjar, pel·lí, dormir, pel·lí, lavabo, menjar (quin tip! Em guardaré l'entrepà per més endavant), poker. Round 2: ens tornem a trobar... Tino? El seient no enganya: 39B. Victòria. Dormir. Lavabo i ja hi som.
Aterrem una hora abans. Surto de la terminal una hora després. Entremig control de passaport, recuperar maleta, control d'equipatge i més preguntes. Bé les mateixes altre cop. La maleta està trencada de manera sospitosa (pel cantó estret superior, a la part de dalt, al llarg de la costura). Què hi farem? Li posaré cinta americana potser?
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At 7 o'clock in the morning, I wake up 3 or 4 hours after I went to bed. 2 months are 2 months and I want to squeeze every last moment before I leave. Sleeping can wait for the 9 hours of plane.
At the airport, first remarkable thing: baggage check-in. Easy, isn't it? No big deal. Not that fast. Unpleasant operator. Smiles 0 - Questions A lot: "Where are you going?" "New Haven" “Exact address?” “136 Cold Spring Street, New Haven, CT 06511”. She asks me to write it down. “For how long?” “2 months”. And to finish with it, she gives me a boarding card while saying: “You don't have a sit”. As if it were nothing. “How is that?” “You don't have a sit, you'll be assign one at the boarding gate”.
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At 7 o'clock in the morning, I wake up 3 or 4 hours after I went to bed. 2 months are 2 months and I want to squeeze every last moment before I leave. Sleeping can wait for the 9 hours of plane.
At the airport, first remarkable thing: baggage check-in. Easy, isn't it? No big deal. Not that fast. Unpleasant operator. Smiles 0 - Questions A lot: "Where are you going?" "New Haven" “Exact address?” “136 Cold Spring Street, New Haven, CT 06511”. She asks me to write it down. “For how long?” “2 months”. And to finish with it, she gives me a boarding card while saying: “You don't have a sit”. As if it were nothing. “How is that?” “You don't have a sit, you'll be assign one at the boarding gate”.
Mission 1 (getting presents for the family providing a room for me) just fell to second place. Mission 1: getting a sit. At the boarding gate little information, quite lacking organization. I get my sit. I run to the first souvenirs shop. The very first, no time for more. First shelves, mugs. 1 Barça, 2 Drac del Park Güell, 3 BarcelONa. I run to the boarding gate. Get there and in I go.
I enter the plane and start feeling USA. Small piece of paper with questions I have already answered (some of them) not long ago. Will there be the famous questions? Do you want to kill the president? Are you a member of the Communist Party? Disappointment, no. I get to my sit, I take out my book from my bag. I sit down, I have room for my legs, never seen before. The sit in front has a screen for me. I search and search again. In the meantime the plane takes off. Films, series, games.
I'll leave the book for other flights. Games: In Flight Texas Hold'em. The typical lame game against the computer? No, I play against the passenger in sit 39B, Tony. Round 1: after being 1500 – 2500 down, I recover, 2500 – 1500. Brunch time, he gives up, victory.
Free films? Not all of the, Predators (American Spanish) yes, Karate Kid (English) too. Eat, film, sleep, film, restroom, eat (I am full! I will keep my sandwich for later), poker. Round 2: we meet again... Tino? The sit number doesn't lie: 39B. Victory. Sleep. Restroom and there we are.
We land an hour before. I come out of the terminal an hour before. In the meantime, passport control, pick up baggage, baggage control and more questions. Well, the same once more. The bag is broken in a suspisous way (the upper short side, along the top edge seam). What can you do? Will I fix it with duct tape (we call that American tape)?
I enter the plane and start feeling USA. Small piece of paper with questions I have already answered (some of them) not long ago. Will there be the famous questions? Do you want to kill the president? Are you a member of the Communist Party? Disappointment, no. I get to my sit, I take out my book from my bag. I sit down, I have room for my legs, never seen before. The sit in front has a screen for me. I search and search again. In the meantime the plane takes off. Films, series, games.
I'll leave the book for other flights. Games: In Flight Texas Hold'em. The typical lame game against the computer? No, I play against the passenger in sit 39B, Tony. Round 1: after being 1500 – 2500 down, I recover, 2500 – 1500. Brunch time, he gives up, victory.
Free films? Not all of the, Predators (American Spanish) yes, Karate Kid (English) too. Eat, film, sleep, film, restroom, eat (I am full! I will keep my sandwich for later), poker. Round 2: we meet again... Tino? The sit number doesn't lie: 39B. Victory. Sleep. Restroom and there we are.
We land an hour before. I come out of the terminal an hour before. In the meantime, passport control, pick up baggage, baggage control and more questions. Well, the same once more. The bag is broken in a suspisous way (the upper short side, along the top edge seam). What can you do? Will I fix it with duct tape (we call that American tape)?
3 comentaris:
Però hi era tot a la maleta?
Això promet! :)
Records des d'Andorra
Hi és tot sí. Intentaré anar fent a un ritme d'un post per setmana. Què tal la Borda?
Records des de l'altre costat del toll.
Perdó pel retràs, feia dies que no passava per aquí ara! :)
Borda de luxe, ja et passaré fotos quan estiguin preparades. En cada edició aconseguim millores ;)
Molt bé el bloc eh, que veig que continua i bé!!
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