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The problems of my 3rd trip
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Posted by: Jutman

I will tell a short, maybe funny part of my 3rd visit to my lady. I returned less than a week ago, the 20th of October and arrived 11th.
Anyway it all started as planned, getting to Copenhagen and to Moscow, I think it took 5 minutes and I was though the control. Have to wait for luggage for another 5 minutes. Out of the airport, where my plan was to try the transit bus, since I had good time, something like 6 hours before the next take-off. The taxi drivers of course tried to get me, with their 40 to 50 dollar offer. But one driver was persistent and followed me out. It was raining and my jacket was not for this, so when he say 500 rubel (=16 dollar) i said ok. Big waiting in Terminal 1, where a drunken older lady (around 60 – I guess) sit across me and she slept a little. Then she fell forward and start to bleed very badly (it turns out the glasses at her nose, cut her). Some people were helping her, but she did'nt care if her cloth and stuff was covered with blood. She could not speak. After some minutes a policemen came and finally he could get her to talk and get her medic help. She was transported away in a wheel chair leaving blood at the floor and the towel she got to stop the bleeding. When I left two hours later, it was still there.
On board the Tupolev-134 to Samara and take-off with 40 minutes delay. We arrived at Samara Airport 20 minutes before schedule (arrived 12 PM) Wow, and my lady was there go get me and there was no problem with the luggage.
So we waited in the airport, because the only bus to her city leave 6,30 AM. We waited and 6,15 we go outside to the bus-stop, but the was not insight. My lady asked a women where was the bus? She got the answer: it left 45 minutes ago. What? Why? It turns out that my ladies town is situated at the West-bank of the Volga river and Samara at the East side, so there were one hour ahead of her city. She did not know. (See attached file). This also of course explain why I thought that I landed 24PM and not 1 AM.
So what do 125 miles from her city? I guess we were lucky, because at taxi-driver heard us and offered us to drive to the next larger city; Dimitrograd in her oblast for only 1500 rubel or 50 dollar. Distance 75 miles. It was an older man there did’nt know the route so we got extra 10 miles for the price. During the ride, he had his window open ??? (the temperature outside was around 40F°)
Anyway we got the Dimitrograd and quickly my lady found a bus to her city Simbirsk (the old name of her city). He paid and got in the bus. BUT we did’nt drive. The driver was playing around with the engine and after 15 minutes he got the bus started. Off we go the last 50 miles. During this 50 miles we stopped three times and the driver ‘did’ something to the bus with tools and everything. But we arrived in Simbirsk and perhaps even before the original bus.

The visit itself is not interesting.

But the return was. We took the bus we missed the previous weekend. Off we go and we arrived 8 PM in the evening at Samara Airport. Close to it was a hotel and we got ourselves a nice room. No problem and next day we left the room and walked the 300 yards or so to the terminal. My lady got nervous, because the bus was in-sight. In summer we saw the driver slept in the bus, front of the terminal and now NO bus. Well we got something to eat and placed me in the waiting room. I had to wait 5 hour after we said goodbye. My lady walked outside and still no bus. She asked around and learned that the bus properly had broke down and would not go that day. Remember there is only 1 bus a day, to her city. So our farewell was hasty, but she had to take a taxi with two other to central Samara and take a bus from there to her city. Later I learned she had no problem, except she was home 2 hours later than planned.
Off I went to Moscow. I was a little nervous because I only had 1 hour and 55 minutes between landing in terminal 1 and take-off in terminal 2.
Here we did land 20 minutes before the plan, but the luggage waiting. My god it took long time. I think it almost took 1 hour from landing until I had my luggage. Out and take a taxi, here I did not have to nerve to negotiate so a high price for a cab. There were absolute no problem in terminal 2 with the papers. Only about 10 minutes to get trough the pass control. I was at the gate 25 minutes before the closed it. Home to nice and comfortable country.
But it don’t end here. In Copenhagen airport we have to wait 20 minutes to get out of the plane, because the gate has technical problems. In the end we has to walk down to ground and enter the building !!. But no problem. I got a train to my town leaving 15 minutes after I got my luggage and so on; perfect. The train had to stop at the central station in Copenhagen. 6,01 PM the loco-driver took the mike and announced. "Because of some technical problem the first 2 wagons must we towed away". After a delay of 15 minutes, off we go. In my town, it was colder than in Russia. Not common weather in my country. So when I got to the taxi stand and there was no taxi, I was not pleased. We were 3 persons and one called for some cabs. After 15 minutes, there was still no taxies. So I decided to take the bus, 50 yards away from the taxi stand. After a little drive and got of the bus, I had to drag my 55 pounds of luggage the last 300 yards to my flat. FINALLY at home 7,30 PM, 30 hours after the trip begun.

NB: About the timezones. The timeline do not follow the Volga river, but follow the Oblast. So the part of her oblast, situated at the East side of Volga river, has the the same time as her city at the West side ??