Ralf, Syd’s brother in law, left for Germany Saturday after several months here.
He had brought his electric bike from Germany to have some adventures exploring Argentina and Uruguay. The bike itself provided some adventures, requiring the German Embassy in Buenos Aires to intervene with the bus company that “lost” it. And then the airport: though the bike had come from Germany on Air Europa just with a plastic wrapping, the Uruguayan employees decided it had to be in a box.
And of course they had no box.
So with airline tape, and the help of four helpful guys who apparently appeared out of nowhere, Ralf scavenged cardboard bits from every shop in the airport.
The end result was equally amusing and terrifying. But OK with Air Europa.
Of course, upon arrival in Frankfurt, the whole mess had to be taken apart, which took so long that Ralf missed his train and so, after 25 hours of traveling, had to wait two more for the next one.
Having lived in Germany, I can only imagine what other Germans thought of the mess of plastic and cardboard abandoned in the airport.
