A tale of a (semi)long trip - Part I/II

When Fabi was 15 months old, I travelled half way around the world with him from India to Costa Rica. The trip lasted 35 hours and everything went very smoothly.

By the time we were scheduled to travel from Costa Rica to Germany, Fabi was a little over 20 months old and I was very anxious about the trip eventhough we were travelling a "shorter" distance.

We had to fly from San Jose, CR to Caracas, Venezuela to Milan, Italy to Frankfurt, Germany to Nuremberg, Germany. Due to the fact that I was not able to change my destination on my return ticket from Mumbai to Frankfurt, I was simulating to stay in Milan for one day (in order to get my luggage), so I could catch a flight from Milan to Frankfurt with another flight ticket.

My biggest concern was...how was I going to deal with a 10+kg baby and 40 kgs distributed in 2 different pieces of luggage in Milan and manage to catch a flight on time?

Well...as it turns out...that should have been the least of my concerns!

Our trip started off very smoothly. Monday, Dec 4th at around 7am, my parents went with us to the airport in Costa Rica and we had plenty of time to say "Good Bye". Our flight left at 10:30am and we reached Caracas about 3 hours later. We only had a snack on the plane.

Once we reached the airport in Caracas, I took a wrong turn and by the time I found the correct line for the check-in of our next flight, I had to wait for my turn hoping Fabi would not run out of patience. I had to hold him for a long time to avoid him from running away from me, so my right arm was already numb from holding his squirmy weight.

Little did I know that the next part of the trip was going to be the real test! Normally they ask passengers who need assistance or with little children to be the first ones to board the plane. But in this case...it looked like they were trying to do the total opposite.