A PUNCH editor recounts a harrowing Germany travel nightmare, from a restrictive visa to unexpected fines and cancelled flights. Discover the challenges fa
A journalist at Frankfurt's AI Leaders programme experienced visa constraints (5-day limit), €60 transport fines, and flight cancellation, disrupting downstream business commitments. The incident demonstrates that tech leaders organizing international event attendance must buffer for European administrative friction and carrier reliability risks.
I thought I understood Europe.
Then I went to Germany.
The first blow landed before I even boarded the plane.
Despite being a frequent traveller with an impeccable travel history and a thick stack of previous visas, the German Consulate General in Lagos issued me a visa valid for five days.
Five. Not six. Not seven. Not even a single courtesy extra day in case something went wrong.
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