Month: July 2019
-
Jet Lag Induced Culinary Adventures
The view from my room is pretty damn good; Slept with the curtains open, partially to wake up with the dawn to force some timezone adaption, but also because, from the 30th, floor, it’s quite a view. There was a triathlon going on out there, though they were swimming in the canal, not the river.…
-
When last we saw our hero,
… He was sitting on his ass in the Metropolitan Lounge at Chicago Union Station, enjoying complimentary beverages & snacks. Eventually the train was called, and so we all trooped down to the boarding hall, where we stood around being occasionally required to move because they needed to get a motorized cart thingy through, because…
-
Posting from Union Station, in the Metropolitan Lounge, of course
Right, well, that was a journey. Flight from Heathrow to Dublin was delayed by almost an hour by the end of things. Arrival in Dublin for some reason involved getting a bus to make it to connecting flights, so said bus was full of many irritated folks wondering whether they’d miss their next flight. I…
-
Up To Three “Well That’s Not Good” Situations So Far, And I’m Still In England
First was the strike action, announced on Wednesday, affecting my flight. That eventually got cancelled. Next was my phone declining, or at least being difficult about, taking a charge. Annoying, but I’ve got my old NZ phone with me, which is very slow, but does still function for communication. Which is how I found out…