Nightmare With a Happy Ending

 This describes our departure from

Copenhagen after 10 great days of

walking and eating in that very 

civilized place and its environs.

First, I neglected to specify the airport 

terminal and the driver didn't ask and

left us off one terminal away, requiring

us to walk about four city blocks (inside

fortunately). Then the real nightmare began.

I had checked the Italian government site

for the things we needed  but failed to notice the

casual mention of a PLF (explained below)

Take a look yourself and tell me if you

recognize its importance from this site:

See, https://www.salute.gov.it/portale/nuovocoronavirus/dettaglioContenutiNuovoCoronavirus.jsp?lingua=english&id=5412&area=nuovoCoronavirus&menu=vuoto

We had the negative Covid test required

by Italy BUT SAS said we could not check

in without filling out a PLF - a 

Passenger Locator Form 

on my phone (and they were not

allowed to help us) To make a long

story short, I couldn't do it.

I welcome you to try to fill out this

form by visiting https://app.euplf.eu/#/

We were visualizing a return to New York

without our planned Italian visit

to Cinque Terre and Calabria.

After five tries, they finally relented

and helped us. Then they became proactive,

rushed us through check-in, we crashed the 

security line. (to the credit of the Danes, nobody

made a fuss when we said we had only five

minutes.) In this high tension situation

I dropped my passport, luckily a passer-by

noticed; Emma left her pocketbook at security

so while I ran ahead to the gate to stall

them, a helpful security person took Emma 

through the enormous security area

and found it. Meanwhile the gate had closed

and, with one remaining agent, we scanned the

oncoming crowd until Emma arrived, then

she unlocked the security doors which had already

been closed  AND GOT US ON THE PLANE!

I hereby declare this the most nerve-wracking

travel experience we have ever had.

And we also were not sure that our luggage

would reach the plane BUT IT DID!

Our luggage had red and yellow labels

on them saying something like

PLACE EASY TO ACCESS

which must mean they wanted it where

it could be quickly removed if we didn't

get on the plane.

Fortunately, time heals trauma

and we are now undergoing the healing

process in Cinque Terre.

 

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