Made it to England ... FINALLY!

 Hello, All!

I would love to wax poetic about today, but honestly, I can't keep my eyes open, and I just wanted to let everyone know that we've arrived -- at least as far as England, safely!  Turns out, our British Air flight was 3 HOURS late arriving into Phoenix, making it three HOURS late departing ... so, we ended up spending 6 1/2 hours in the Phoenix airport, which did seem like an eternity!  Flight, however, was absolutely lovely!  The BA plane was fabulous -- plenty of lovely bathrooms which were even -- surprise! -- periodicially cleaned!  What a concept!!  And, the seats were even comfortable!  SO unlike the last time we flew home on American from Heathrow!

The time delay, however, meant that we landed at 4:30 pm -- which, with the latitude here, meant it was getting dark ... and by the time we got through immigration (literally minutes!) and got our one piece of luggage, and claimed our Alamo rental car, we didn't get on the road until 5:45 pm ... so, driving in the dark out of Heathrow in rush hour traffic was truly an adventure!  Made it to the Hampton Inn, Stanstead Airport about 7:10 pm and I am now ready for bed!

Tomorrow we are flying from Stansted to Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen, leaving (hopefully!) and 10:40 am -- but with a three hour time change, won't get in until after 5 pm.  So, friends and family, more tomorrow -- when hopefully I will actually be awake!!

Much love,

m

xxx


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