Hullo!!! After a beary, beary long hiatus (thanks to you, Covid-19) we are finally going on a trip to London (the England version... not the Canadian version).
We used some reward points so we had to connect in Calgary... but still had to check in crazy early at home. That's Ok... we got some blogs organized.
Our plane is here... and we are getting ready to board!
It's pretty socked in here.
But not as bad as Calgary! They had a big dump of snow several days ago that delayed flights a LOT! Glad we missed that bit.
See... Alberta is a cold and snowy wasteland.
Brrr... glad I don't have to go outside!
We used to fly out of here when we lived here... let's see how the airport is looking!
Some parts are still the same but they have done a LOT of expansion and we got a bit confused at spots...
We also had two lounge vouchers to use up! We've never been in a real airport lounge... it was pretty snazzy...
There was free drinks and food!
Lots of places to sit and plugs with free wifi too!
But we could only get in 3 hours before our flight boarded and we had 6 hours here... well, at least the last 3 hours were nice...
And just because we know Jerry will ask... yes, they had free desserts too! Chocolate brownies and banana loaf...
Finally, we got to board our flight!!
We're gonna have to get our wings de-iced before we leave...
For the longest time, the two seats next to us were empty but... in the end, someone sat in the aisle seat. Still, the middle seat stayed empty which was nice.
We ate a bit. And read a bit. And dozed a bit... and it actually went pretty quick... we're almost over Ireland!
That's it down there!!
We got our luggage and went through passport control (automated kiosk) and... boop!! We are in London! That's a beary nice welcome sign!
Now we're waiting for the Piccadilly Line, which had long delays due to an earlier "trespass" on the tracks. That's Tube-speak for... someone fell on the tracks. We learned later that they were OK.
We also learned later that we could have taken the Elizabeth Line which is new since we were here last. It's more like a "real" train, but costs more and would have been a longer bus ride... We are pooped!!!
More later...
