egads, it's great to be right and have it recognized! :)
So my daughter is gone for 11 weeks for study abroad...4 weeks in Brussels and then traveling to 5 cities, a week at a time, and then returning.
While she was packing, I kept saying to her, "this is completely and utterly ridiculous to bring this much stuff." She had packed one large suitcase (but still possible to bring onto the plane) and then one really really large suitcase (that would have to be checked) and then a school backpack. So it would essentially be her dragging two large wheeled suitcases behind her with a heavy pack on her back.
To make matters worse, two of her international schoolmates came home with her because it was easier for them to fly out of our city rather than returning to their home nations. And they had even more packed than her!
So we head out to the airport last night....through non-stop nagging, I have convinced my daughter to at least pack a bit less in each suitcase. With the friends, no impact.
We get up to the checkin counter and the desk agent says, "no way we can take bags this overpacked for free. It'll be $100 extra per bag."
HA (and all of you will appreciate that i say nothing. Give no glances. Have no smirk.)
They have no money to do this so they begin unpacking their bags and putting stuff in D's bag (who's still under the weight limit) and then have to carry the rest in their backpacks.
They leave.
They get to London and go to their very affordable and well-situated hotel only to discover that it's a 4-floor walkup with no lift!
My daughter just skyped me with a one-line message. "Yes, I know."
Ha!
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