Friday, October 3, 2014

October 2 - Sitting in another airport


We’ve made it to Heathrow.  After a slight delay because someone evidently violated restricted airspace in the DC area we departed and had a great flight across the Atlantic.  We didn’t even have to do lots of figure eights over London waiting to land.  It looks like a picture perfect day here but we don’t have time to go into the city.  Maybe next time!

More October 2 -  We boarded our BA flight to Athens, doors were closed and then we waited.  Someone had checked a bag but not boarded the plane.  The baggage handlers went in the hold and searched until they found the appropriate suitcase and removed it.  Hurray! We can go now.  We taxied out and made a circle around the taxiways.  It seems our flight plan took us through  airspace that would be closed by the time we got there since we’d missed our slot.  Having read too many spy novels and thrillers we surmised that we might be in the area where some fighters might be refueling or doing whatever.  Anyway another half hour or so followed while we sat somewhere on the tarmac.  Eventually it was all sorted out and we were off.

We arrived in Athens a little more than an hour late but our wonderful driver Alex was waiting to whisk us off to the Hotel Grande Bretagne.  What a wonderful hotel.  It’s across the street from  the Parliament Building and the National Gardens and less than a block from the new shopping district and a few blocks from the Plaka.

We were exhausted, so after a light dinner we crashed.  The bed felt like heaven!

Tomorrow we’ll be ready to take on Athens.  No photos today.  There was nothing to see but T-5 at Heathrow.





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