We Made it to Germany!

They finally got a C5 flight off to Ramstein AFB last night, and it had 75 seats on it (and no Top Secret cargo). We made it aboard with room to spare--there was even a couple of empty seats on the flight.

We had real seats almost like an passenger airplane. The C5 has a huge cargo hold like a warehouse, and a separate passenger cabin. It was pretty comfortable, considering. The seats reclined like normal airline seats. We got a 'box lunch' (which we paid for). Other than an 'inflight fueling exercise', which introduced some turbulence, it was almost like a normal airline flight.

We landed at Ramstein about 3:30 pm local time, and processed quicly through German immigration and customs.







Now that we're here, the next problem is lodging. We didn't make reservations ahead, because we weren't sure where we'd end up. At the time we were confirmed on the flight, we got on the list, but not with confirmed reservations. Getting here, we got one room, but John and Sandy were next in line and there were no more rooms. They are on standby for a room here, and have a room at Vogelwehn, another Air Force lodging facility, but it's a $30 taxi ride away. We now have a car rented, and plan on 2 nights in Germany, and we have train tickets (79 Euros/$118) to Paris on Saturday.