OK, first not to worry anybody,\u00c2\u00a0I made it to London safely.<\/p>\n
I arrived in Roissy early as I knew it would take longer to get through the formalities. I was right! It took about\u00c2\u00a02 hours to go through the check-in process. To make matters worst, the hostess requested I only keep my wallet with me and check-in my small black day pack. I was not very happy about this as I had heard this was only for USA-bound flights and did not think it would be enforced on flights to London. No liquids of any form, OK. But no carry-on!!! I don’t really like to part from my camera, my IPod and especially my notebook and the CDs with the pictures from my trip. I have travelled through all Middle-East and I had not to do that at any time.<\/p>\n
Well, I didn’t want to get anybody anxious so I complied. Unfortunately, I would discover later it was a huge mistake!<\/p>\n
The trip went OK. Of course, I had to go through 10 controls before I could\u00c2\u00a0board the plane. And of course, we got delayed at every possible occasion arriving in London 2 hours late. But that was still alright as I understand the situation and I was not in any kind of hurry except\u00c2\u00a0that my friend Rav was waiting for me at the airport in London.<\/p>\n
It is when I went to get my bags that it all turned sour. I collected my two big bags but after waiting more than 30 minutes, I had to accept the truth, my small blag day pack had been mishandled and I would not see it coming out of the conveyor belt today.<\/p>\n
So I filed a complain with BA and am waiting for them to locate it. Hopefully they do it fast because loosing the pictures of\u00c2\u00a0my trip\u00c2\u00a0would suck big time :(.<\/p>\n
On a side note. Heathrow is a big mess with tens of flights cancelled and thousands of people stranded. The departure level parking lot looked more like a refugee camp than an airport parking lot with heavy security, people lining up under the rain in order to get in the terminal and distribution of water bottles\u00c2\u00a0and\u00c2\u00a0prepared food. I hope it gets better by Thursday or I\u00c2\u00a0might have to find another way back to San Francisco.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
OK, first not to worry anybody,\u00c2\u00a0I made it to London safely. I arrived in Roissy early as I knew it would take longer to get through the formalities. I was right! It took about\u00c2\u00a02 hours to go through the check-in … Continue reading