Well, early start and we're off to the airport. Arrived obscenely early yet the queue for checking in was huge, however my sense of excitement more than made up for this minor inconvenience. Also, a boon from the gods as the fella at the desk assigned us emergency exit seats.................heaven for tall man. We then suffered more queueing to get through U.S passport control, which they did on this side, meaning ease of passage on the other side. Quite why the Dept of Homeland Security need a biometric imprint of all my fingers is beyond me, but it seems unwise to argue with immigration officials. We were all herded through immigration and finally onto the plane. Despite or perhaps because of the unending gloom of our mounting recession, the plane was absolutely chock-full. Most passengers seemed
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