Ryanair flight Eindhoven - Marseille (MP2)

Last Wednesday I flew from Eindhoven Airport, which is very close to Eindhoven, to Marseille Provence Airport. Before we stopped at the airport, we had a small lunch near the airport next to a small road. The benches were near a kennel, and we had a nice view over the fields near the military base.

When we got at the airport, we left the car on a short-parking space, where you can park for free the first 15 minutes. I dropped my check-in luggage (15 kilos) at a desk in the entrance hall. That didn’t take much time, because several Ryanair desks were open. I expected a very long waiting line at the security, that’s why I came about 1.5 hour earlier at the airport to make sure that I could get on my airplane. But that also didn’t take much time. I said goodbye to my parents and my sister, meanwhile thinking that it would take some time before I could see them again. Many people were waiting for their airplane. Some people rushed to get first in line, because who comes first (except priority passes) can find a great seat; others were waiting until their names were called to get on the airplane, such that they could avoid the waiting line.

Finally, at about 16.45 it was my time. Many French parents with little children went on board of the Boeing 737. I found a seat at the window, such that I could see the last cities of Holland, some nice bending rivers in Belgium and the beautiful landscape of France. There were some clouds when we flew over France and that’s why I could orientate myself a few minutes before we landed on Marseille Provence Airport. We arrived with a delay, but I didn’t have to wait long to get my suitcase. When I left the departure hall of the MP2 terminal, the sun was shining and it felt great! I took a blazer and a sommer or raincoat (the normal stuff in Holland) with me, but I was sure that I wouldn’t need them for a long time. First I couldn’t find the navette (shuttle bus). It was next to hall 3 and 4 of the main terminal I think. It cost me 7 euros to get from MP2 to Aix-en-Provence ‘Gare Routière’, but it was worth it. I saw the reddish / OKER colors of the Provence along the highway and knew that this would be a great new home for the next couple of months.

I put some pictures of my departure at Eindhoven Airport. Unfortunately, I didn’t take any pictures of MP2 and the navette.