Flight time

Yesterday I left Sarajevo for Paris, on what I hope are the last flights I take on Croatia Airlines. But at least this time around, both flights (Sarajevo to Zagreb; Zagreb to Paris) left on time, and both I and my checked bag made it on the second flight. (Took me about 25 minutes to go through security because they had one single line and people from the Sarajevo flight had apparently never had to go through the security line before and they had to be guided through the entire process.) Technically, I had 65 minutes between my flights, but I got to the departure gate after last call for boarding.

Last Friday, the flight from Dubrovnik to Zagreb was more than an hour late taking off; the incoming aircraft didn’t even arrive at the gate until gone departure time. So I should have missed the flight to Sarajevo, except that it, too, was delayed for more than 90 minutes. I was the last passenger on the flight. When time came for beverage service, I said I just wanted water. 

Flight attendant asked, "No juice or wine?" 

"How long is this flight?" 

"You have time for a glass of wine." 

"Okay."

When he came through with the cart, this is what he gave me. I've never had a glass of wine poured that close to the rim.

BTW: Croatia Airlines apparently only flies prop craft into Sarajevo.

Anyhow, I thought I’d share with you some images from my flights into and leaving Sarajevo, which is in a valley surround by mountains. That makes for interesting turbulence. (The entire cabin broke out in applause when we touched down.)

I reckon Croatia Airlines hates Sarajevo—the departure flight was at 0630; I had to get up at 0400 to get an 0430 taxi. (But apparently Swissair hates Sarajevo, too; they had an 0610 flight out to Vienna.)

But here we are flying over a sea of fog.

And here are some pix flying over the Julian Alps from Zagreb.

Note the fog (or perhaps clouds):

This looked like a river of cloud to me: