So far, so good. The late night showing of Lord of the Rings kept us up late enough that our typical crack of dawn wake up call by our dog Jack didn't happen til after 7AM. Coffee, eggs, shower and zip up the luggage and out the door with last minute instructions to Kevin. Airport was a breeze, and flight to New York went wayyyyy faster than expected. For some reason I still haven't figured out the time zone differences - and expect that won't kick in for at least a few days after we're on UK time.
We have a 3 hour layover in JFK so we decide on a decent dinner prior to the flight. I had the best steak flat bread sandwiches with chipotle sauce, YUM! Apparently we all had a great time chatting over dinner - including the very silent family sitting next to us. I watched the father laughing at all our stories, and hanging on every word. Funny but kind of sad to see that, but I guess we were more entertaining than his own family.
Got a quick call in to my Mom in Florida, and son Joe in Las Vegas. Speaking of phones - we have opted to not upgrade our cell phone plan to include Europe, and will just purchase a 'disposable' phone over there with low cost minutes and will send that phone number out to all our emergency contacts. We will have internet access so y'all can contact us by email or blog comment. Strange to think that you can get online easier than make a phone call! Welcome to the future. I can't wait til they finally get that whole transporter thing worked out.
Our flight into London get's in tomorrow morning about 9:30AM their time (whatever time zone that is!) and then with getting through immigration, and wandering around in a daze for a few hours we'll be heading to the hotel -THE Crowne Plaza - with the view of Big Ben, and Parliment, and the Thames, and ..... Well, put it this way - we're going for the royal treatment to start this trip off. No idea what we'll be sightseeing for the 1st day, but I expect some severe caffeine jitters trying to stay awake.
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