November 5 - Heathrow

I made it this far! The flight was great. I was in the first class cabin which had 8 seats, only 3 of which were occupied. The other 2 slept from takeoff to landing so I was treated royally by the cabin crew. I hate to admit it, but I played the little old lady card to get assistance from the gate I arrived at to the main terminal. It's a good thing I did because we must have parked the plane in Edinburgh. It was a long ride in one of those golf carts! Let me tell you if I have ever thought going through our TSA checkpoints was bad, I have revised my opinion. This place has it beat by a long shot. The lines to go through security (which you must do even if you're in transit) were incredible. All the traveling world must have converged on Heathrow this morning. Two and a half hours after landing I finally made it through and parked myself in the lounge here. I have a couple of hours to try to doze before I'm off to Lisbon. Ed, the 787 is a great plane. I know you'd like it. More later.