Hello from an overcast Heathrow!
Well drama follows wherever I go it seems. At the layover in Singapore I logged on to check my email in the BA/Qantas Lounge. I just happened to notice the Qantas webpage ‘Update on BA strike’. Huh? A strike? Indeedy-do – on the day that I will be leaving Edinbugh to New York on a BA flight. *sobs* It is going to be total chaos here due to no BA flights for two days. After 15 hours on a plane thinking ‘What am I going to do?’, the BA gals have been wonderful and just shoved me onto a British Midlands flight down to Heathrow at the same time as the old BA one. Perfect! No drama!
Oh. Except for one thing – my mobile roaming hasn’t activated so I cannot post anymore pics on my Flickr. I will still keep taking them and post them all at once when it gets sorted.
The flights were great for long haul! From Melbourne to Singapore I managed to stay awake and the food was delish. Dinner was Green Leaf Salad with Lemon dressing, Chicken with oyster sauce, jasmine rice and asian vegs. Cheese and crackers. A splice ice cream. Cadbury Hot Chocolate. More than sufficient for a 7 hour flight. Then just as we are are about to land around comes a baked macaroni dish with fruit salad! The meal for the Singapore to London leg was the WIERDEST fish I have ever eaten – it was rolled into what was the size of small thumbs?!?!? And was with mushroom sauce and vegies. Then a wayyy too strong chocolate mousse for me to handle at 5am Melbourne time and I was just too out of it to even have a hot choc. I managed to get a good seven hours sleep and after being able to have a shower in Singapore and here at Heathrow, I feel just great!
So I am about to get called for my flight to Edinburgh where today will simply be a nothing day before adventures tomorrow. Landing in London has bought back such wonderful memories – seeing Pret A Manger, Boots, WH Smith, The Daily Mail, the corny English Brekky shows… I kinda wish I actually had a couple of days here… always next time.
Highlight of the trip so far – The new Qantas ON DEMAND inflight entertainment system. I didn’t have to use my iPod at all on the first leg. The system is just amazing – I was just flicking channels just like at home and no more having to put up with Glenn A Baker on ‘Reelin’ in the years’ on the Qantas radio… you can simply listen to a whole range of CDs and even create your own playlists. As it was Australia Day, I created an Aussie one of Midnight Oil, Wolfmother, Powderfinger, Jet, Delta Goodrem and even this kooky version of Clancy of the Overflow and Waltzing Matilda. That kept me occupied!
So, in a nutshell, Flickr is on hold, I am feeling great and I love Qantas.
Bless. See you in Edinburgh!
Love is the drug – Roxy Music