December 21st. London, England.

This is an actual entry wrote while in London, but never got a chance to post! Therefore, it is written in present tense (so don't get confused).

Good day, chums

True to my word, I have already taken a BUNCH of pictures and will upload them ASAP (once I find an adequate camera cable). There was once a time when I was actually excited to fly, back when I was small enough to sleep comfortably in an airplane seat or blissfully unconscious during the long, painful waits in the airport. Flying is now a much less enjoyable process now that sleep is not so easily achieved. Right now, my eardrums are busted, and I’m really sleep-deprived. But things took a pretty cool twist today. I’ll start from the beginning.

I was yanked out of bed at 4:30 in the morning and drove through super icy roads to Logan Airport. Logan, as usual, is a craphole (but I was expecting this) and we were stuck there until about 10:00. Then, we boarded our American Airlines flight to England. Then, some idiot snowplower drove by and wrecked one of the water pipes on the plane, so we had to wait while some mechanics showed up to fix it. An hour and a half later, it was still unfixed and the guys decided to get an exemption (the water pipe does not interfere with flight) from the engineers. Then, the snow started getting really intense so we had to wait while more guys came to de-ice the airplane. That’s right. DE-ICE. My seat was right next to the wing, so I got to see one dude spraying the orange ethylene glycol solution and green antifreeze onto the wings. This is something you’ll only ever see if you fly internationally during the wintertime. Check it out.

So we finally touched down at Heathrow at 11:30 England time, but our Gulf Air connection to Bahrain had already taken off by then. We were confused for about a half hour, but then we realized that we’d get free accommodations in London until the next plane. So right now, we’re forced to stay at a really nice hotel, eat really nice food, and actually get some sleep for a change!. Have some more pictures :D

Here I am, faithfully blogging.

Tomorrow, we fly to Dubai on Emirates airlines.