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Courtney goes to Greece

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  Courtney’s Trip to Greece November 29, 2023   If you're at IAD from 3:42 to 5:30 pm today or GVA from 7:35 to 10:35 am tomorrow, look me up. I'll be in travel purgatory for roughly the next 20 hours. Now boarding.           -----------------------------------------------------     November 30, 2023   The Geneva airport is weird. After clearing customs you're dumped into a giant mall. I have a three hour layover here, but the departure info sign says I can't find out what gate to go to until an hour and a half before liftoff. I guess I'm supposed to hang out in the mall until then. A non-zero portion of the Americans changing planes here seem to think they are in France. Airport employees all seem to be very slender, polite, efficient and dressed in red. The airport website has an FAQ page that includes the rules around transporting fondue and fondue supplies. My flight from IAD was half empty and comfortable, the airline fed us well,...