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Thursday, May 14, 2009

Rushing for Airplanes

We made all our airline connections, but barely. Only because every
plane we took was late taking off. The plane was late getting into
Kansas City and then had to change a part. In Newark we had to take
the shuttle bus from one terminal to the other. By taking the bus we
avoided going through security again. That was good. We barely made
the plane so didn't get to go to the toilet (the word they use in
Europe). In fact the nearby toilets were all closed. When we got on
the plane, we waited over a half hour in a warm cabin while mechanics
changed out parts in the air conditioning system. The plane circled
in London for half hour so we were late getting into Heathrow. We
walked a good distance to get to terminal 2 for our next flight. We
went through security again. Much more relaxed, although serious. We
didn't have to go through customs and immigration. This time I was
sure to use the toilet even though we were late. We got to our gate
about 10 minutes before scheduled take off. We waited at the gate.
The plane was 45 minutes late getting off. Everyone is late on both
ends, but don't depend on that. An older couple in Newark missed
their plane. From the loud complaints we heard it was obviously
upsetting. The airline people didn't show much empathy either. "It
wasn't our fault. You'll have to take it up with them," they said.

I survived the night flight of 6 1/2 hours because we had lots of
movies to watch. I watched Last Chance Harvey, Inkheart, and Dial M
for Murder. I lost the last few minutes of Dial M for Murder. The
flight attendants were great on all our flights. Friendly and
helpful. I was dehydrated by the time I got to London, though. I
should have brought or bought a bottle to refill with water at water
fountains. In London we had to go through security so would have lost
our water, but not our bottles. I brought snack bars, but only ate
one. There was plenty of food on the flights. The flight from Kansas
City had a snack plate with several items. On the flight over the
Atlantic we had two meals. Pasta and meatballs for dinner and fruit
for breakfast. The person in the neighboring seat didn't want her
salad so I had two. Olympic Airlines offered pasta and meat, salad
and pastry. I asked for water and a can of juice at each meal. The
secret is ask for the can and you get more liquid. I didn't drink the
soda pop and caffeine drinks. They destroy you immunity and keep you
awake.

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