Blogs from Heathrow Airport, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 26

long flight, slept a bit, stupid internet kiosk keeps moving the cursor every 2 seconds can't type more than 3 letters at a time. drinking beer in the airport, waiting for our flight to Lisbon....more to come Z... read more

Hopefully the journal entry will appear soon.... read more

Just a note to let everyone know that I am NOT flying right now, even though my flight was to be in the air at this time. Due to a huge security threat, my flight was cancelled this morning. Thankfully, my friend Lauren got home to Greensboro late last night after visiting London and me for a week. A bit of background for those of you who aren't watching The Crawl on CNN: There have been 21 arrests, at this time, regarding people who were trying to take hand baggage onto flights and then cause explosions using low-tech devices they would assemble during at least six transatlantic flights. All airports here are completely overwhelmed as NO hand baggage is being allowed in the cabin. Everything except a wallet and passport must be checked. Nothing liquid is ... read more

Alright, Hi everyone!! I am extremely excited because I am leaving my home of NY to head overseas for the first time. Lets start from the beginning I guess. Last year all of my friends were doing something for Spring Break. However, we all had different Spring Breaks so I needed to find something I could do alone, but be with a group. Thats when I found Contiki. My travel agent told me this company is amazing and is extremely well-known. She told me to go home and check out their websites. She also gave me brochures and told me that she herself had been on one and it changed her life. I went home and checked out their site (www.contiki.com) I fell in love with everything. They are a company that really caters to each ... read more

Well, we are twiddling our thumbs in terminal three's departure lounge, anxious for the real bit of our journey to begin (boarding less than one hour). However, the first 16 hours since we left home have already been pretty tiring and less than luxurious...the only way is up right? Slept last night in the corner of a grubby part of the terminal near some computer games machines and workmen doing something that involved muchos banging (even through the earplugs!) Anyway, really looking forward to getting going and starting exploration of latin america. Better keep this short as this metal keyboard is impossible to type on. Will log on again soon. Hasta Luego!... read more