Back in Ramstein, Germany after a long overnight flight with an almost two hour departure delay.
We work for a nice airline. We sometimes actually wait for people. Hee! Hee!
Passengers were on the way, so we all stayed at the gate in Baltimore about 90 minutes over the scheduled departure time, waiting for them. That will not happen for me or you if we commercial on a regular airline.
Staying at the usual Hotel Christine and going to sleep during day light here I have to mention again how much I love their electrical shutters. They slowly and quietly slide down the trucks to hypnotically engulf you in complete darkness. And I got the Doll Room again. I think they made a note on their computer system that I like the bed in the wall this room has. I am on the 7th floor now and this bed does not even squeak. So cozy.
After we checked in the hotel, somehow we found enough energy to go shopping before going to sleep. A new fun activity gains popularity. One of our colleagues is teaching us to take the empty recycling water bottles out of the plane when in Germany. Most of us got a few bottles but he is still in the lead, carrying as many as he can get his hands on.
It was actually so fun to watch the machine computing the money we got for the recycling effort.
At 25 Euro cents each, we totaled about 14 Euro to spend in the store. It was like watching the casino slots machine, to see who won the most. John is on the lead and he deserves it. He got us all on the good deed and he shares the info and the bottles. He even noticed that some Coca Cola cans have the German recycling sign on them, so he got some of those, too. Good going John! I am in for a competition next time.