130810 MUC -> LIS LH1790

After last 2 weeks traveling, this time it's quite different on several levers. Family trip related to business trip is quite a difference. First the stress level, having to make sure the family behaves and does what is needed for the trip to go smooth brings a lot of stress. Also flying economy instead of business brings queues and queues into the equation. Although with small kids you can cut in some lines. A special counter for family check-in in Munich airport helps, but when it has only one booth for check-in you think twice about going to the normal queue or simply stand in the line that seems to take forever to advance.
At security there is no way to cut through the line, you just have to stand in the queue with your toddlers making enough noise so that other passengers second twice about joining the same queue. Lisbon airport has separate queues for security for families with toddlers. Pity Munich hasn't such perks for the families.
Passed security, always quite tight in terminal 2 of Munich airport, you get into a nice area with plenty of shops. Today the airport is quite packed. Lot of families on their vacations trips. Saturdays in august seem to be the preferred traveling day. Missing the perk of the lounge, getting with family into another queue to get some food and refreshments. Usually would be OK, but with my daughter always having her attention into a new subject every 5 minutes makes difficult to be at the queue and keeping an eye on her at the packed airport.
After queue, and a quick sit at a table, time passes fast enough to get to boarding time. Get moving to the gate, quite far, but a sequence of rolling carpets allow to get to the gate fast. Munich airport with Lufthansa makes a good combination. At least anybody can get complementary coffee or tee while waiting at any gate. Make myself nice Ceylon tee as well as for wife. Daughter is looking for the spielplatz, but unfortunately we are on the opposite side of the airport.
Plane boarding goes well, we get to use the perk of travelling with small children and cut through the line. It's good for one simple reason, we manage to get into the plane early and get a pillow and blanket for the kid. It makes their travel much more comfortable, as well as for everybody else if they manage to sleep during a great part of the trip.