Ok! It is April 2021, today I am flying from
Washington Dulles Airport to Frankfurt, Germany,
and then from Frankfurt to Zürich, Switzerland.
My goodness, has it gotten more complicated to fly...
Currently, the rules are that in Germany you need a
PCR or certain types of rapid test results
within the last 48 hours.
If someone has any tips on how to get a PCR result quick,
please let me know in the comments, but I'm still waiting
for my PCR test result from yesterday at 11:30 a.m.
Today it is 2 p.m. so it's been just over 24 hours.
I did get a rapid test last night,
so hopefully they will accept that,
and if not, hopefully I'll get the results from the PCR test
before my flight leaves at about 6 p.m. tonight.
So I've got my N95 mask for when it gets crowded inside, and
my neoprene cloth mask which I'm going to put on for now.
I'm going to see if I can check in.
The last time I was here was in December, and they had a
bunch of Christmas decorations up,
so those are obviously gone but as you can see
the airport is pretty empty,
not a lot of people trying to fly.
Can't blame them.
Safer to stay home, definitely,
but let's see if I can do this.
So I got my boarding pass, I feel a lot better now.
A lot more relaxed. Looks like everything is going to be OK.
I'm going to head to security now.
OK, I made it through security,
I'm only traveling with a carry-on
and my purse here.
I find it easier to not check a bag
because with all the different flights,
and in case I don't make it,
or the flight is delayed, and I'm only going for a few days,
so it's easy to travel with only a carry-on.
Now I am going to head to the gate.
Well, I made it to the gate. I am super early,
it's two hours until boarding,
so I am going to do some work now.
So if you've watched any of my other videos, you know that
I like to fly long distances wth a
clean, moisturized face.
So this time I brought these Olay wipes,
which are dry, and then you just add a little bit of water,
... by the way, I cut this into a small piece.
It comes a lot bigger usually,
but I make four out of one.
And then you just wipe your face with it.
Sometimes it's easier to travel with these because
they're lighter and they're not liquid.
I don't need to bring liquid makeup remover.
I don't really like to dry my face with paper towels but...
Now I have some eye cream,
and then I have this hyaluronic mask from Mychelle
which prevents my face from drying out during the flight.
I don't think makeup tutorials are going to be my calling.
Oh, and I got some in my eye.
I'm going to wait for this to dry a little.
And then I'm going to put my mask back on.
My earring! Where is it!
Found it.
Ready to go.
The airplane just arrived, they've been unloading it.
And reloading some food.
Boarding is in about 45 minutes.
They just made an announcement that
we're going to be boarding soon.
They also said that no cloth masks are allowed on the flight
so you either have to be wearing a surgical mask
or an N95 mask.
So I'm going to be switching these now.
This is the first time I'm wearing one of these N95 masks.
I've worn a lot of different kinds,
but this one seems to have the best fit
out of all the ones that I've tried.
There's no air coming in anywhere along the edges,
the top or the bottom,
it feels very snug with these two bands,
and there's also space around my mouth and my nose
for me to be able to breathe properly.
So this is what's going to be keeping me safe.
Every passenger was given one of these disinfecting wipes
that I'm going to use to wipe any surface
I might be touching frequently
like the armrests, the seatbelt, the table.
This is the ammenity kit.
We have a sleep mask and socks, a toothbrush,
some moisturizer and lip balm.
I'm going to take the socks and put them on
over my own socks so I can take my shoes off.
"...your mouth and nose at all times
during your stay on board.
This measure provides additional protection
for all of us here on board and you may take off your mask
for a brief time only when..."
Just got the menu.
Let's see what we're going to eat today.
I ordered the beet puree and barley salad,
the salmon with vegetables and rice,
and a cheese plate for dessert.
So this flight is a lot fuller than I was expecting.
Luckily everyone on the airplane has undergone a COVID test,
so that makes me feel a little bit better, but I'm trying to
minimize the amount of time I take my mask off.
We just had dinner - I tried to eat it as fast as possible.
Now I am going to take a nap.
We have about six hours left,
usually they wake you up for breakfast 1 hour and 45 minutes
before, so maybe I can get a good
3.5 to 4 hours of sleep.
We've got some hand cream here.
My hands always dry out from washing them so much.
And then I've got my sleep mask
to make sure I don't miss any food,
because that would be terrible.
Just woke up.
We have just under 1.5 hours left
and they have started serving breakfast.
Made it off the plane,
I need to take this mask off.
The fit is great, but need to get some air.
Trying to find an information board so I can see
what gate my next flight leaves from even though
it's not for another four hours, so it might not
even be listed yet but at least I can get closer.
Oops, my bad. So in Germany you have to wear a surgical
or N95 mask in any public areas.
So I gotta switch back to this one.
There are signs everywhere in the airport
and they're making announcements that you've got to wear
a surgical or N95 mask, so no cloth masks.
Which is good for everyone's protection,
so no complaints.
Just bought something at Duty-Free
and now I'm sitting here with a friend
just having a little chat.
Just went through passport control which then took me
through another Duty-Free shop because they want you to buy
all the stuff at the airports.
And now I'm going to check out this awesome car right here.
Looks pretty cool.
I found a little corner to sit in and I bought some stuff
which I'm going to eat and drink now.
I got a chai latte, a fruit smoothie, and a pretzel.
My favorite: pretzel with cheese.
We've got just over an hour until boarding
for the next flight to Zürich.
The flight is very full, so they just asked everyone with
a large piece of hand luggage to check it in,
so that's what I will be doing.
And it looks like we're getting ready to board in 20 min.
As you can see the flight is very full
we're just waiting for everyone else to board.
Every passenger got their own water bottle except I'm not
going to take my mask off during this flight, it's only
30 minutes, and I'm going to close my eyes for a little bit.
Landed in Zürich, Switzerland,
I was just given a contact tracing card,
which now they say is supposed to be filled out online,
but I got a paper one because we were not told that
beforehand, they said we could still do it on board. So now
I'm going to fill this out and head over to baggage claim
OK, I got my suitcase at baggage claim,
switched back to this mask for a little bit,
now I'm going to drop off this contact tracing paper,
and then I'm going to figure out what train I need to take.
There's no one around to give my contact tracing form to
so... I guess I'm going to try to fill it out online anyway?
This is where my video ends.
I found the train tracks down here,
got my ticket.
I hope this video was helpful, it was a little stressful,
there were some new things to me that I hadn't done before,
just trying to figure out everything
and the rules keep changing.
But the trip was a success and I wish you lots of success in
your travels, let me know in the comments where you're going
or if you have any questions about the experience
and I'll do my best to answer them.