Get up at a civilized hour and off to Heathrow. FLight is at noon -- but go to breakfast at the nice lounge. Very relaxing. FLight on type -- nice seats.
And then I notice the seat belt light is not on and it is nearly noon. Soon enough they announce that because of volcanic ash our takeoff time is 3 PM. Ouch -- have so much to do. And I want to see Sydney. And pick up Anthony.
They do serve drinks and turn on the movies. People can get off -- but not leave the gate area so can't go back to the lounge. Watch "Leap Year".
I check out the flight status on the Blackberry and see a 1:55 takeoff. People start getting back on. We do push back at 2 -- and off at 2:30. HAve to fly North and then just above the volcano. The pilot insists we can see the volcano out the window -- but I cannot see anything but clouds. See the Last Station, Leap Year (again) and Book of Eli. Land 3 hours late ... home by 8 and have to pick up the rental SUV to pick up Anthony. The best part is seeing Sydney -- who is happy to see us but is yelping a bit ... probably played really hard.
Amazing how you can go to hundreds of countries and still see something new. Although as usual .... things are more the same than most people would guess. And the best part -- 10 nights away -- on carry on :-) The evolution to a traveller continues. And what will I remember the most? The students dancing in the streets in Byblos because they had graduated. These kids did not live through the civil war -- but they did survive the attacks a few years back. Their resilience is a lesson not to be forgotten :-)
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