PLANES What a nightmare! We were scheduled to leave London today, 12/21. Woke up, turned on the telly and there they were, telling us all British Airway flights were cancelled due to fog and the fog will be sticking around until Christmas. Plus, 30,000 people were expected to arrive at Heathrow just this morning, not to mention the 2 million or so that want to leave for the holidays over the next few days. TRAINS We decided to get off the island. Booked a train to Brussels, connecting to Cologne, then another to Munich. 11 hours of train. Just barely made the train out of London. They delayed it to catch all us Heathrow strays. Since we left late, we missed our connection in Brussels. I am sitting here now at a café table in the
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