Departure Day: Part 2
continuation of the revisit of our departure day for Prague...
The first sign that getting Watson on his way to Prague might be challenging was that after a bit of hunting for the right door at the cargo terminal I realized it was the door marked Authorized Personnel Only with a tiny printed piece of paper taped to the window saying Lufthansa Cargo.
At the counter I was separated from the employees by counter to ceiling plexiglass with a tiny little pass-through that made it impossible to hear anything being said on the other side - consumer-friendly it was not. They had our reservation but needed to spend another 15-20 minutes getting all the rate information even though I had it all in an email from my reservation. Then they had to figure out what documents were needed. After some running around by employees and flipping through manuals I was told we didn't have all requirements met. We had contacted the US Agriculture Department and Czech embassy so we were confident yet therefore confused by their opinions. Our relief came when I heard the utterance behind the counter "Oh, you're not going to London? Where are you going again?" After more page turning in the manual, turns out had the right permits to get to Prague.
After a bit more time and effort I handed over about $1200 in cash (don't ask, I don't want to talk about it) and Watson was put in his crate and ready for departure.
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