Terorist?

It's time to finish off our story about Hamburg. In the second week, there were not much going on, some of the lectures did not fit the field that we do, so sometimes, we sneaked out to enjoy Hamburg's city center a little bit more before we left. We bought some souvenirs for our family and friends, took more photos of us for memories in years to come... God, I still could not believe we went to Hamburg and not have to pay for it :)

So... our Hamburg trip came to an end on Saturday, 16 August 2008. 5.30 a.m. we were looking for a taxi, in front of our accommodation. The night before we were quite sure to get a taxi, because there is a taxi rank opposite where we lived, but in the morning, it was empty! I prayed and prayed in my heart, 'send us a taxi, Lord!' Well, we cannot really order a taxi by phone (I will say 'no way!' to the international roaming hahaha) Finally, we got a taxi, it was a Mercedes Benz! FYI, in Germany, the taxis are usually Volkswagen, BMW or Mercedes Benz! Cuman, ya itu... meteran taxinya cepet banget naiknya! Bikin sport jantung!!!

Arriving at Hamburg airport, we checked in and took some photographs and proceeded to the gate to wait for our flight. However, there is this one incident that was quite nerve-racking for us... I was called by the security, 15 minutes before the boarding. Lan was already scared and panicked, while I was taken by the police because of my luggage!
Luckily, I packed all the luggage by myself AND it was put under my name during the checking-in (otherwise, if it was put under Lan's name, he would not have a clue!). It turned out to be that they could not see what is inside the suitcase when they scanned it! One compliment that I got from the police is "you packed your suitcase so good and dense, that we cannot even look through it!" Hahahaha....

So, we flew back to Manchester, safe and sound... but somehow, the landing was not good. I got sick for a week afterwards huhuhu...