Oh, so this is what being on an airplane is like!

We got on our flight finally. I'm sitting in my seat (36E) while the wife and kids sit a few rows behind (39DEF). We had to ask the guy who had 39F to move to 21A so that they could sit together. I'm in my least favorite seat, the middle seat...but oh well. What can you do?

Just get us home...please. May the baggage carousel gods smile on us and get our bags off fast.

It's 8:30pm now...

Aaaarrrrgggghhhhh!!!

Now it's an 8pm departure time. And I'm not feeling too good. :(

The state of air travel today...

Original connecting flight departs ATL: 3:00pm
We arrived ATL: 3:08pm
Got through immigration: 3:20pm
Got our bags: 4:00pm
Got through customs: 4:05pm
Got through the rebooking desk (rebooked for a 5:15pm flight): 4:40pm
Got to our gate for our 5:15pm pm flight: 4:55pm
Found out our flight was delayed until 7:15pm: 4:56pm
Time we would have originally arrived home: 5:40pm
New expected arrival time at home: 10:15pm

I woke up at 11:15pm...last night.

(All times Eastern)

Got to Atlanta...

...but how do we get home? We missed our connection. :( time to call Delta...

Back over land again...

We've passed over St. John's...but we still got four hours to go. Ugh. Watched Blades of Glory for a second time.

Yep, lots and lots of nothing...

...and we're arriving almost 90 minutes late, meaning we miss our connecting flight. Here's hoping Delta treats us well!

Goodbye Ireland!

See ya soon, I hope!

Put a Cork in that bottle!

Below is is the Irish town of Cork...and on the left side of the plane....lots o' nothi...er...water.

Goodbye England, again!

We're just flying off the English coastline now...I'll see you next time I'm this way!

Coming up, Ireland! And the...lots o' nothing.

...and we're in the air...

FINALLY!!!

Jeeeeeeez....

....we're still here. First cargo needed to be taken off to lighten the plane, now we can't take off for another 12-15 minutes because of air traffic control keeping us here for a bit longer.

Yawwwwwnnnnn....

Sigh...

...too much cargo on the plane. We've been here for 40 minutes waiting to leave. Ugh.
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Ohn for those counting...

We're about 4715 miles from home.

The voyage home begins!

We're in our seats on the plane now, and others are still boarding. It's a 9 hour 33 minute flight to Atlanta, and then we switch flights to come back to Florida.

It's been a quick week overall...and thankfully it's over. It's nicw to be going home.

Phew. :)

Grand Place...how GRAND!

After our long day touring around Grand Place, visiting Brugge and ending with a visit with my family, I wanted to get a picture of the city hall at night, all lit up. I did not expect this.

Aaah, Brugge...

...it's good to be back!

Aaahhhh..McDonald's in Peronne, France.

Likely to be forgotten.

Diet Coke...and oranges??!

It's the taste sensation sweeping France!

Remember, you are not...

...allowed to dance on It's A Small World.

Just saw the Eiffel Tower...

...Of Terror!!!!

Just kidding; we're going to Disney tomorrow, so I have to get in the spirit.

(The tower is that thing in the middle...)

And we're out of the Chunnel...

Hellooooooooooo France!

And we're under the English Channel.

Boy is it dark. Not at all what I expected.

Almost Chunneltime!

Stopped in Ashford, and now we're about to go underwater for 24 or so miles!

Bye!

Woo woooooooo! (Imagine that with a french accent)

We're on the Eurostar from London to Paris, almost at the English Channel, and we're going 175 miles per hour!

Woohoo!

Where are the druids?!?

This place obviously wasn't built to Spinal Tarp's...er, Tap's...specifications...

The trip thus far

Okay, it was a rough night, but I digress. Let me provide a short recap first:
- Saturday: got off to a bit slower start, kids & wife were tired from all the travel, but some energy kicked in once we got going. The main things we saw were: Parliamant Square, the Clock Tower (Big Ben), Westminster Abbey (outside only), I had real fish and chips, and St. Paul's Cathedral. There's more, to be sure, but those were the main highlights, and it was rainy off and on. By the end of the day, the youngest didn't want to walk anymore, and all of our feet hurt. The kids went to bed around 8pm and they were sound asleep within moments. The wife and I soon followed and went to sleep as quickly.
- Yesterday (Sunday) we did the Tower of London (with the Crown Jewels), afternoon tea in St. James Park, and the London Eye. Great day, no rain...and all went well towards the end of the day when the youngest, while playing in a children's play area, fell on her left elbow. Ever since then it has hurt, to the point that she woke up in the middle of the night and I had to go downstairs to get some ice at 4am. She went back to sleep fine afterwards.

Today: The Stonehenge Tour. And Glastonbury. We hope the weather holds out. I hope my driving does! Just going to keep thinking "Left! Left! Left!". Wish me luck. Pray even. :)

Hotel! We have a hotel!

We've arrived. Tired. A bit hungry. But we have arrived. Now to wait for my friend Ben and his girlfriend Naomi and we'll be set.

...and we've landed!

PHEW!

Hellllooooooo England!

Well, we're flying over it now, about to land soon. We just passed over Southhampton.

Can't wait!