On our private jet plane-the journey continues
By Lothar. Filed in England |
After our Christmas hiatus at home and my back surgery last week,we are finally going back to Europe with the help of United Airways.
Yesterday we got up at 3:30 AM and our plane leaves at 6:15 from Albany Int. Airport. ( Nobody knows why it is an international airport, there is no customs check there.) It is so cold in Albany(about F 10° below zero) , that the stewardess can not close the door of our Embraer 145 jet . The First Officer comes out of the cockpit and manages to slam the door shut. I am probably not the only passenger on board who hopes that the door will not open during the flight.
Our next flight from Washington IAD to London Heathrow is on an almost empty Boeing 767 and I took 2 two- hour naps stretching out my back, laying across an empty row. In between, I watched the movie ” The Forgotten,” which was pretty good.
I am very happy to report that my back surgery, performed by Dr. Jho in Pittsburgh, has been a great success and I am walking without pain or numbness in my right leg. I hope to keep it this way throughout this journey.
The surgery was on January 20th and we flew home from Pittsburgh the next morning.
Our flight from IAD took us across Delaware Bay, then up the Jersey coast and we had a great view of the tip of Cape Cod covered under 3 feet of snow. We arrived in London at 10 PM and were welcomed to England by a laid back, unshaven customs officer, dressed in a turtle neck. None of the customs personnel were wearing uniforms- I guess they do not need this to establish their authority !
One good nights sleep in the London Ibis Airport hotel and we are on our next flight to Munich, Germany.
Wednesday, February 2nd 2005 at 12:53 am |
Glad to see you posting again!