Our Europe Trip Report, Day 1!
Posted by
Mop🧹 (aka rburriel)
Sep 5 '24, 12:08
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It was my birthday. We were leaving from PDX in the afternoon, which I highly recommend. Icelandair. Fly over Canada, sleep on the way, arrive in the morning. The only sucky part is we're nearly a 2 hour drive away from PDX.
Icelandair also has flights from SEA and EUG is a lot closer to us. Maybe if we were to do it again, we'd go EUG to SEA. I bet we could do that and still not have to get up at 4 AM to make out first flight.
TSA Precheck is great. Easy check-in. Only one checked back (included with Icelandair). We all had carry-on bags, as well, although I'm curious about those new EU rules.
The only disappointment was that the new PDX terminal wouldn't be open until *the following day*!
We started early with the McDonalds and other random snack foods. I packed lots of snacks, but I doubt it would last us.
Last time I flew Icelandair, we each got a blanket and a bottle (box, actually) of Icelandic water as we boarded. Seemed like a pretty nice personal touch. But that was over a decade ago (which, I assume, was the same plane as this flight). No bottle or blanket this time but hardly a reason to complain.
I don't know if any of us slept during the flight. My oldest daughter takes medication that dehydrates her easily and she needs to be drinking a lot of water all the time. The little cups didn't quite cut it, and while she brought a Hydroflask with her (which she filled after security), she went through her's - and her sister's - and still it wasn't enough. I feel she's not very good at planning ahead, so I started laying down some rules for her afterwards and that made traveling for her a lot more comfortable.
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