The best part about flying to Turkey is getting to fly Lufhansa. Even in the economy section, the seats are comfortable, the meals are tasty (yes, Lufhansa provides meals during the flights!), the free beverages include wine, and the in-flight entertainment is tailored to each passenger.
We had a bit of an adventure making our connecting flight in Munich. The original schedule gave us all of 35 minutes to make this connection. Our flight in arrived slightly late, and we ran to the international flight security check point. They opened a new lane just for our flight to Istanbul, but wouldn’t you know it, some other folks, tired of their own long lines jumped into this “express” lane. What was particularly frustrating were the women who just cut in front of some of us. We seminary people were too nice to say anything to them, or was it we were wondering if that’s just how “foreigners” act? A flight attendant for our connecting flight was calling for us, so our professor called out, “We’re trying to come through, but people are cutting in line in front of us.” When it was almost my turn, an Irishman tried to cut in front of me. My travel companions urged me not to let him cut, so I said, “We’re in line here.” He responded, “Don’t worry. You Americans always get upset.” My companions then said, “Our connecting flight leaves in 5 minutes. Does yours?” He moved out of our way, then. Finally, we were next in line to go through the detector. But, wait, two of the ladies who had cut in front of us were now having to open their bags. What? They had liquids and chemicals all over the place. Have they not heard about rules for carrying on liquids? The flight attendant told the security people to let us through because Lufhansa was holding the flight just for us. The security folks did not like being told what to do. We were just happy to hear they were holding the flight for us. We wouldn’t be left behind! I’m telling you, Lufhansa is the way to travel!
Once we were on our connecting flight, all was well. We had no more adventures either in the air or on the ground. Entering Turkey was a piece of cake. Did we have to go through security? No. All we had to do was pay $20 to get a travel visa, and say we had nothing to claim to bypass customs. Our guide was waiting for us, and we boarded our tour bus to begin our travels in Turkey.
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