The long flight home

So I had a 7:15 flight from Geneva this morning.  All seemed to be going well because the City Hostel have me a free transport pass, the train station is a six min walk from the hostel and there were at least two possible trains that I could take. 

I got to the airport in plenty of time but I was really tired as I hadn't slept well. The room was pretty warm. 

I caught my flight. I arrived in Amsterdam. It was pretty far to where I needed to go. However I seemed to make it in a reasonable time. I even went through passport control pretty quickly. However I then needed to go through two addition screenings. I am not exactly sure what they were but they moved very slowly. Iade it on the plane with only a few minutes to spare. 

Once on the plane I realized that my sub port and my entertainment system were not working. The captain announced a 30 minute delay due to weather. After that he announced that we had a hydrolyic  problem.   He moved our plane off the run way. They checked to problem and determined that we had lost all the hydrolyic fluid in one system. They then said that they needed to locate the part and fix it but there would be a problem with crew time (they would exceed the limit) A Delta representative then came in the loud speaker to say that it would be a three or four hours delay. We could get off the plane but we couldn't get another flight because they are all booked. We couldn't wait in the terminal because we would all have to go through customs. I tracked her down to ask three or four hours from when she made the announcer or three or four hours from the original flight departure time. (By this time Inhad been sitting on the plane for over two hours l). She side that if we weren't in flight by 1:19 the flight would be cancelled. That was slightly more than an hour. I figured  I could tough that outbb

About an hour later they asked for volunteers to step off the plane so that a second crew could ride in the plane and take over from the crew that would be over their time limit. I volunteered. I received a 1st class seat the next day, a hotel room and food, and a choice of 600 euros or Delta credit for 800 euros I took the 800 euro credit to fund one of my next trips. I am hoping to have a better ride in the next flight. It was a hassle but I think that maybe the flight didn't even leave anyway. 

I caught a shuttle to the hotel when it finally came. The driver started putting luggage in the van and it started rolling away. He hadn't put on the parking brake   The funny thing is that the same exact thing happened at our hotel when unloading. 

On the way I asked about the strange road markings. The red lanes are bike lanes one for each direction. The middle lane is shared by cars going in opposite directions. I find this to be a very  unique system.   The driver said that when only one car is on the road it goes very fast down the center. Otherwise cars go very slowly and are part in the center and part in the bike lane. FYI in Amsterdam any accident between bike and car is blamed on the car even if the bike driver is drunk and driving the wrong way