Trip Report E. W. Dijkstra, Poland and USSR, 4–25 September 1976

Abstract

Because I had to check in at Schiphol Airport at seven o’clock in the morning I went to Amsterdam the previous evening and slept in Hotel Frommer quite near to the airport. As the courtesy coach leaving the hotel at 6.30 was my target, I set my alarmclock at 5.45. When I entered the breakfast room at 6.00, however, I knew with devastating certainty that half an hour later we would have transport problems. I decided to be one of the first arriving at the coach, finished my breakfast quickly —which was no problem, for it was of sub-airline quality— and made for the coach. Some time later I had the satisfaction of observing that my prediction had been correct. The Lufthansa flight to Warsaw —with a stop in Frankfurt— was smooth and pleasant; besides that I was served a breakfast distinctly better than the one I had just discarded.