By Edmund Smith-Asante
The last time I visited Europe was in 2009 when by courtesy of
InWent I had the opportunity to visit Germany for a course in Newspaper
Management.
So when another opportunity reared its head for me to attend
a conference in The Netherlands I grabbed it.
Things however looked very uncertain till the very last
moment when all travel documents were in place and I realised I was now set to
travel.
The day of travel
Finally, the long awaited travel day, Sunday, June 2, 2013
arrived and I left home accompanied by my family, for the airport. Although I
was there in good time, I realised to my chagrin that I had to be in a very
long queue, due to the number of people traveling on that same flight to
Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport.
The Kotoka International Airport was also very flooded with
people travelling and others arriving. After finally checking in and proceeding
to Boarding Gate 3 after 1 hour 50 minutes, I was amazed to see the number of
airlines that had landed around the same time and were being readied for take-off
to their destinations.
Airlines on the tarmac included Kenya Airways, South African
Airways, Alitalia, British Airways, Delta Airlines, Air Ivoire and KLM.
Let’s talk about the flight in the next post.
