22 | A Failed Trip

You all probably thought that this week's post would concern my and Eli's trip to Munich, but HA - that trip didn't happen. Unfortunately, RyanAir cancelled our flight a mere two hours before it was scheduled to take off. This means we not only had to try to frantically cancel all of the transportation we had booked in Germany (which -fun fact- was not possible), but it also meant we were already at the airport. You may be thinking that's fine, because the Warsaw airport is pretty close to town. Well, Chopin Airport is, but not Modlin Airport, which is only used by RyanAir and can only be accessed by private bus or taxi. However, since we were already at the airport we had the opportunity to stand in line with a bunch of other angry people just to be told to apply for a refund online.

We later found out after I got to chat with a RyanAir service person, Abu, that the form we were told to fill out was only for a refund for the two flights. This is important, because in the EU if your flight is cancelled under certain conditions you can apply for compensation. Thanks EU. But not thanks to RyanAir for making it so difficult to find the correct form. At the moment we are currently waiting for RyanAir to respond to both claims and to hopefully get some money back. Updates to hopefully come soon.

Did this put a damper on the weekend? Well, yes. If you might have just lost ~100 Euros, you would probably be upset too. It also meant we are pretty hesitant to spend a lot of money right now. So, we didn't go to the Gelato Festival (sad).

However, we got to visit some pretty neat parks, eat some take-out, try a new recipe, and study. So, honestly, it turned into a pretty average weekend.

This park also has a water park, rollercoaster, and ski jump.

Take away from the  pho place around the corner (we also ordered some Indian food after returning from the airport)

Attempt at chili mac that turned into more of a pasta salad

~golden hour~

Look at all those lily pads!

Eli and the ducks enjoying the park

Oops, we went chasing waterfalls

Some ice cream to finish the night (this photo was taken at 8:45 and it was still really light out - Warsaw is wild)

Upcoming items: Eli's online MCAT prep class starts tomorrow, Eli leaves for the US on Wednesday, and my last (and most difficult) final is Thursday. 

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