Travelling to Cologne

We managed to get a super cheap flight to Cologne but we
had to get the plane from Bratislava. Which was okay by us, because to us, Bratislava is synonymous with "best chocolate shop" ever. I think Jordy would be content to go anywhere in the world so long as it was via "our" chocolate shop.
Whilst we were waiting for our flight, we decided to kick start the day with a bit of ice-cream. mmm-mmmmm.,

We had a nice little surprise when we went through check-in because we managed to get another stamp in our passports. Our excitement was such, that even the control officer was grinning at our foolishness.

Part of the reason our tickets were cheap is that food and drink were not included. This turned outto make the flight quite restful as you didn't have the attendants going up and down the aisle all the time getting in your way; they didn't get all grumpy and stressed about getting all this done before the end of the flight or by demanding passengers.

So we get to Cologne and end up being held up by our"super-efficient new fancy chip passports". Yeah right. However the passport control officer was very entertaining to watch as he struggled to count how many months we had already been in the E.U., and if we were legally allowed to be where we were, all without trying to let on to us what he was doing. We think he should have used his fingers to help him count faster.

So we just pulled out our Austrian residency cards and then he was all happy and waved us through. The only one who wasn't happy was Jordan because it meant we didn't get another stamp in our passports.