And on a real computer! I almost forgot how to type on it! Just kidding........ It's so much easier and quicker than the stupid iPad. I don't understand why people love it so much. But maybe it is just me. Anyhow........... HELLO! Oh, and just because I'm on a computer..........I'm not promising there won't be mistakes in this. hehe. Especially improperly placed commas. But I'll try. :D
Can you believe it's over? The trip? The fun? Everything? Dont' worry, we'll still have a few more posts. There are wrap ups to do, and pictures to post, and more things I forgot to talk about to let you in on. We've got a little way to go yet. I just wanted to let you know I was back. And alive. And suffering a bit from jet lag, but not bad. Yet. Ask me tomorrow. Or Saturday. I think that will be the worst of it. Anyhoo, on with the show. I do have a couple things to say. Surprised? Nope. This is me, the queen of blab, we're talking about.
So, the trip was relatively uneventful. Trip home, I mean. The cabbie was lovely.......and he didn't rob me like the first guy did. It was a good 20 euros less than when I arrived. So, obviously he played me. But on your first day, you don't know. You know? Away he whisked me from the B&B (okay, I just forgot how to make an & sign......so used to doing it on the iPad! Shift and 7. Got it.) He was very sweet, and even kissed my cheek when he dropped me off. Not in a weird way, just.....bon voyage, sort of.
Belgium to Heathrow, uneventful. Did I tell you about Heathrow? How you land out in the middle of nowhere, and you have to debark outside? Then get on a bus, and drive for ten or fifteen minutes to the terminal? Then up and down and up down, and through rigorous security checks, which I don't understand because you are already in the airport system and got checked at the previous airport. But, what can you do? Layover was long and the place is a zoo. I hated it. But, I bought London souvenirs and spend 4 euros on 20 minutes of internet time because I had nothing else to do. LOL. And there is something comforting about checking email and emailing friends when you are feeling a bit out of sorts.
Oh, and in typical T fashion..........didn't I spill my Starbucks on my shirt? My white shirt! Of course I wore white. I should know better, but..........ya. Typical T. Fortunately, I had a sweater and a scarf and mostly hid it, but.........embarrassing. Sigh. (The stain isn't quite out yet. I sprayed Spray and Wash and rubbed with Sunlight soap and still its a bit there. IF anyone has a tip how to get it out, let me know. I have heard that once the garment dries, you are hooped, but it's still wet, so maybe there is a chance. It is my favourite shirt!)
The plane was crowded. Of course. And the guy beside me.......Ai Yi Yi. I don't think he sat still for one minute. Even in his sleep he thrashed around. How do I know he slept? Because his head was on my shoulder and he was snoring! GROSS! I kept bumping him up, but he kept falling back down. It was just......gross. If he was good looking or charming or something, then okay.......but he was just hot and in my space and annoying. Oh, and there was a baby in the row in front of me who cried (actually screamed) for the first five hours of the flight. I felt really sorry for the mum and the baby, but........between that and annoying guy my patience was all but gone. I just wanted to get home, you know? I was done. Done, done, done. I wanted to be home.
Now, I have to tell you a funny story. So me. Typically typically me. Somewhere between Greenland and Hudson's Bay, I got up to go to the loo. I was in there, and you know how tiny those bathrooms are, I could hear music. Very faint, but music. I listend closer, because it was beautiful music, and I thought.......OH! It's Divo! How about that? What a nice idea! Playing soothing music on a long trans-atlantic flight. It would help people feel better because they are all so........not in a good place. So, I was smiling to myself, and humming along, and thinking how cool it was that they were playing Divo and I'd just seen them a week ago (its been a week already???) I go back to my seat. I can still hear the music! And I thought, they must be pumping it through the whole plane, while people are sleeping (because lots of people were sleeping at this point). Brilliant. Just brilliant.
Now, I pause at this point in the story (we're almost at the end) to ask you a question. You remember my secret hiding spot, right? For oh, passports and room keys and sometimes lip gloss or anything else that might need to be hidden or require quick access. You remember, right? My bra. Well, guess what I had tucked in there at some point? Not that I remember doing it but........ya. my iTouch. Tucked in my bra. Guess what playlist it was on? Because I had been trying to drown out the crying baby and the snoring with Carlos' voice? Divo playlist. Can you imagine? This great idea that I thought British Airways had come up with (soothing Divo music for the passengers) was really me, with an iPod playing inside my bra! Are you rolling on the floor laughing now? Probably! I am just thinking about it! I am SUCH a bozo!!! Loveable, but a bozo. LOL LOL LOL Only me, folks. Only me.
So, I arrived to snow. A spring snow storm. It was sunshine and tulips and t-shirts in Belgium. In London too. But here in Canada? Snow. Sigh. I think I want to go back just for spring weather. I can't tell you how depressing this is! How are the tulips, B? I miss them!!
I dreamed last night of Brussels. Every have those dreams where it is just......like a real live day? I walked the streets, and smelled the smells and saw the sights. Went on a bus and experienced it all. In my dreams. Guess that means it had an impact on me, huh? Brussels and Belgium will stay with me for a long time. But you know what? It wasn't just in my dreams. It really happened. I did all that! Can you believe it? I did it!! So, I might have dreamed it, but I lived it too. And you were all with me! What a grand adventure we had! Did you have fun?
I won't wrap things up now. Not yet. Because I do have some more things to tell you, like I said. And loads of pictures to share. But I wanted to let you know I was home and safe and alive. And right now.....i need a little nappy because my jetlag is not very happy. I can barely keep my eyes open. So, pop in tomorrow and over the weekend. I will have some little tidbits for you! And lots of pictures!
Bye for now!! Big hugs! And kisses too! And don't you think British Airways SHOULD think about piping in Divo music for those long flights? hehe Maybe I'll put it in my proposal!! :D :D
T.
xxxx
Can you believe it's over? The trip? The fun? Everything? Dont' worry, we'll still have a few more posts. There are wrap ups to do, and pictures to post, and more things I forgot to talk about to let you in on. We've got a little way to go yet. I just wanted to let you know I was back. And alive. And suffering a bit from jet lag, but not bad. Yet. Ask me tomorrow. Or Saturday. I think that will be the worst of it. Anyhoo, on with the show. I do have a couple things to say. Surprised? Nope. This is me, the queen of blab, we're talking about.
So, the trip was relatively uneventful. Trip home, I mean. The cabbie was lovely.......and he didn't rob me like the first guy did. It was a good 20 euros less than when I arrived. So, obviously he played me. But on your first day, you don't know. You know? Away he whisked me from the B&B (okay, I just forgot how to make an & sign......so used to doing it on the iPad! Shift and 7. Got it.) He was very sweet, and even kissed my cheek when he dropped me off. Not in a weird way, just.....bon voyage, sort of.
Belgium to Heathrow, uneventful. Did I tell you about Heathrow? How you land out in the middle of nowhere, and you have to debark outside? Then get on a bus, and drive for ten or fifteen minutes to the terminal? Then up and down and up down, and through rigorous security checks, which I don't understand because you are already in the airport system and got checked at the previous airport. But, what can you do? Layover was long and the place is a zoo. I hated it. But, I bought London souvenirs and spend 4 euros on 20 minutes of internet time because I had nothing else to do. LOL. And there is something comforting about checking email and emailing friends when you are feeling a bit out of sorts.
Oh, and in typical T fashion..........didn't I spill my Starbucks on my shirt? My white shirt! Of course I wore white. I should know better, but..........ya. Typical T. Fortunately, I had a sweater and a scarf and mostly hid it, but.........embarrassing. Sigh. (The stain isn't quite out yet. I sprayed Spray and Wash and rubbed with Sunlight soap and still its a bit there. IF anyone has a tip how to get it out, let me know. I have heard that once the garment dries, you are hooped, but it's still wet, so maybe there is a chance. It is my favourite shirt!)
The plane was crowded. Of course. And the guy beside me.......Ai Yi Yi. I don't think he sat still for one minute. Even in his sleep he thrashed around. How do I know he slept? Because his head was on my shoulder and he was snoring! GROSS! I kept bumping him up, but he kept falling back down. It was just......gross. If he was good looking or charming or something, then okay.......but he was just hot and in my space and annoying. Oh, and there was a baby in the row in front of me who cried (actually screamed) for the first five hours of the flight. I felt really sorry for the mum and the baby, but........between that and annoying guy my patience was all but gone. I just wanted to get home, you know? I was done. Done, done, done. I wanted to be home.
Now, I have to tell you a funny story. So me. Typically typically me. Somewhere between Greenland and Hudson's Bay, I got up to go to the loo. I was in there, and you know how tiny those bathrooms are, I could hear music. Very faint, but music. I listend closer, because it was beautiful music, and I thought.......OH! It's Divo! How about that? What a nice idea! Playing soothing music on a long trans-atlantic flight. It would help people feel better because they are all so........not in a good place. So, I was smiling to myself, and humming along, and thinking how cool it was that they were playing Divo and I'd just seen them a week ago (its been a week already???) I go back to my seat. I can still hear the music! And I thought, they must be pumping it through the whole plane, while people are sleeping (because lots of people were sleeping at this point). Brilliant. Just brilliant.
Now, I pause at this point in the story (we're almost at the end) to ask you a question. You remember my secret hiding spot, right? For oh, passports and room keys and sometimes lip gloss or anything else that might need to be hidden or require quick access. You remember, right? My bra. Well, guess what I had tucked in there at some point? Not that I remember doing it but........ya. my iTouch. Tucked in my bra. Guess what playlist it was on? Because I had been trying to drown out the crying baby and the snoring with Carlos' voice? Divo playlist. Can you imagine? This great idea that I thought British Airways had come up with (soothing Divo music for the passengers) was really me, with an iPod playing inside my bra! Are you rolling on the floor laughing now? Probably! I am just thinking about it! I am SUCH a bozo!!! Loveable, but a bozo. LOL LOL LOL Only me, folks. Only me.
So, I arrived to snow. A spring snow storm. It was sunshine and tulips and t-shirts in Belgium. In London too. But here in Canada? Snow. Sigh. I think I want to go back just for spring weather. I can't tell you how depressing this is! How are the tulips, B? I miss them!!
I dreamed last night of Brussels. Every have those dreams where it is just......like a real live day? I walked the streets, and smelled the smells and saw the sights. Went on a bus and experienced it all. In my dreams. Guess that means it had an impact on me, huh? Brussels and Belgium will stay with me for a long time. But you know what? It wasn't just in my dreams. It really happened. I did all that! Can you believe it? I did it!! So, I might have dreamed it, but I lived it too. And you were all with me! What a grand adventure we had! Did you have fun?
I won't wrap things up now. Not yet. Because I do have some more things to tell you, like I said. And loads of pictures to share. But I wanted to let you know I was home and safe and alive. And right now.....i need a little nappy because my jetlag is not very happy. I can barely keep my eyes open. So, pop in tomorrow and over the weekend. I will have some little tidbits for you! And lots of pictures!
Bye for now!! Big hugs! And kisses too! And don't you think British Airways SHOULD think about piping in Divo music for those long flights? hehe Maybe I'll put it in my proposal!! :D :D
T.
xxxx
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