Up at 4 a.m. To give us a fitting sendoff it was still raining. We had planned to take an airport shuttle but that would have made us walk a couple of hundred yards in the rain with our bags so we called a cab to the airport.
Our flight home was on British Airways via London. When booking the flight I made a terrible mistake by requiring us to change airports from London City airport to Gatwick. That meant we couldn't check our bags through. We had to go through UK Immigration and Customs and arrange our own ground transportation to Gatwick which was 50 miles away. Couldn't lug our bags on public transport and there is no shuttle bus, so we paid up (way up) for a taxi. Shoot me if I ever book an airport change again. At least we did have enough time for the connection. We suffered through it, and both got a bit of sleep on the flight home.
A good trip. Would have been better without the terrible weather, of course, but we adapted, and had a good time.
Dennis and Sandy - well, you got home 4 months ago yesterday, and we were in Alaska by then - didn't do much email, so we read your blog this autumn afternoon (sitting outside in shirtsleeves!) after doing errands on our bikes this morning to the tune of 16 miles! Hope you are both doing well - Diana's mom is on hospice and we are living in that liminal space, full of grace, between life and new life after death...backk and forth to Seattle, both from AK and St Louis - offering prayer and support to my bro and dad (who's 96) we're all peaceful and mom is pain free, saying she's ready to meet God and see her Nana one day, then unresponsive the next, and then declaring she's not "gonna die anytime soon" - it's a yo yo of grace and caring and love, frustration and waiting...
ReplyDeletesending you both blessings, Diana and Jim Oleskevich