Till Frankfurt

We waved our hands to say bye to you after we checked in the bags. Next step we did was to cross the Indian Immigration. We filled up a form for all three of us, it was good filling up a form for Tejas too. Thanks to Tejas, the moment the security saw him he allowed us straight to an immigration officer without standing in the queue. He slowly went through all our Passports and sealed them and asked us to proceed to the security check. Since we didnt stand in the queue we finished off the immigration much earlier. We went to the security hall by 1200am. What to do for another 1 hr and 50 mins was the question we had. We thought we will sit and relax for sometime before proceeding to the security check. Priya had a bottle of slice and I had a cup of coffee. The Slice costed us Rs. 50 whereas the Coffee was Rs. 35!!!!. A normal coffee but the rate was that of Cafe Coffee Day.

We took some photos there and a young unknown guy offered to take a snap of all three of us which we readily agreed. The photos are yet to be uploaded. Will upload them and send you the link. We then went to the security. I have crossed this security check more than 5 times before this. But never was asked to open my handbaggage. Even the stricter Australian officials didn't ask me to open my hand baggage. But this time the moment the metal detector checking was over the officer asked me to open the blue suitcase i was carrying as my hand baggage. I was surprised but didnt say anything and opened it. He checked it throughly. He was not convinced though. And then he checked at the back where there is a zip behind the trolly rods. Surprise there was a small knife. Thank god he found it. How would it been if the people in Frankfurt and Chicago. Then we both sat down in the lounge area. We had still 40 mins time. Tejas has started sleeping in the lounge itself. Then Luftansa announced that they are boarding the passengers with infants first. So we went to the gate to board. Before entering the flight they asked us to keep the pram in the folded position. And they asked us to get inside. We got seats in different rows. Priya spoke to the person who sat in the seat next to her's. And we shifted the place with that unknown person. Thanks to her. 

In the flight initially Priya held Tejas facing her. One of the older Airhostess advised not to do so and keep his back supporting her. She helped Priya to adjust Tejas too. Tejas also had a seat belt which was attached to Priya's seat belt. Infact they call it as Loop Belt. We were served a juice and then a vegetarian crossiant and vegetable stuffed bun. Initially when they served Priya was sleeping. Donno what made her wake up, she woke up and tasted my pieces and asked for a fresh one for her. Then we had a good amount of sleep. We woke up just two hours before landing. The flight from Chennai to Frankfurt was too good. It had TV attached to the back of every seat. I saw some (Priya and Tejas were continously sleeping) tamil video songs before going to sleep. In one of the channels they were showing the flight details too. Based on that I changed the timing in my watch. Last two hours we were awake. Thats when we got the surprise of the day. We were provided Indian Vegetarian Meal. It had a sooperb Vadai and Pongal with Sambar. Really enjoyed the food. We reached Frankfurt on time.