I was going to write a nice post about how I'd already made it to Paris while you were sleeping, but something went wrong along the way :)

Booking a flight with only a 50-minute connection during morning rush hour in Frankfurt, plus going through border control, was way too optimistic. The plane from Moscow even arrived ahead of schedule. But the border check and security screening for the connection took way longer than expected. I ended up at the gate about 20 minutes after takeoff.

I was really surprised that airport staff just ignore any requests to speed up the security process, even when you show them your boarding pass for a closing gate. It's like, "Just show up on time and wait like everyone else."

Lufthansa treats the situation like a natural disaster—something you can't prevent, but you can deal with the aftermath: they just rebook you on a later flight. I'm number 111 in the rebooking queue. They're currently serving number 84. Looks like I've got another couple hours to wait 🙈