the price of a connection...

18:50 British time


A glass of champagne?

Is that enough to start off my supposed relatively painless flight
from Munich via London to San Francisco?

Because that is what British Airways gave us checking in at 9:30 this morning to celebrate the opening of their new Terminal 5 in Heathrow.

I figured a glass of bubbly at an ungodly naughty hour would at least mean the start of a very good travel day.

*cringe*

So now I write to you from a British Airways sponsored London hotel room, while on a £17 ($40 US!) internet connection - to say, champagne can make up
for sitting on planes for hours, lost luggage, almost 4 hours in line to try and get out, a $40 internet connection, well...

*ehem*

And I changed all my Euro over already into dollars thinking it would be best. Damn.

When did our dollar get so low? Yikes.

And now I want to upload the mayhem video I took and photo's but it seems I didn't foresee any problems and packed my power source in my lost checked in luggage. *sigh*

I am running on empty (in more than one way) and will have to cut this short. I did get on here long enough to cancel my ride on the other end in San Francisco and reschedule for tomorrow's rebooked flight (granted it actually goes!) and send you this little note.

Now I must go and use my dinner coupon and meet the large amount of friends I met at the airport, on the bus here and in the lobby. We are having a "We hate British Airways new Terminal 5" dinner party. It was decided I bring my guitar and we write and video tape a song just for the occasion. Oh the joys of traveling as a folk singer. I did actually miss this part.

til next time...
leibe grüße,
Christene