The eagle has landed. I repeat...

So I'm here, safe & sound, in one piece, all of that stuff. Mom, Dad, and of course Miss Molly took me to Halifax yesterday afternoon. We eventually made it to the airport, the last 20km taking about as long as the previous 200 due to the mechanics of a Rogers' car (we jinx them, don't know how, don't know why, but we do). So Mom & I head in the terminal to see my flight highlighted in red... cancelled! The first flight I had ever reconfirmed was cancelled! We waited in line to see what my options were as we listened to the ever sympathetic Air Canada employees say "call your travel agent tomorrow to rebook" to my increasingly frantic fellow travellers. Nothing like a monopoly to demonstrate the fatastic customer service mentality of shut up or piss off.

But, then came my turn and there was Robert... my new favourite AC man (not that there had been any previous). He kept plunking away at the computer until he finally looked up and said "how many bags are you checking?" (it was okay that he was lacking in the friendliness factor, he had gotten me on a flight and therefore remains my bud). SO with some delays and an unexpected connection in St John's (lovely airport there), I arrived in London this morning at about 10:30 local time (that's 4 hours ahead of Atlantic Canada). I even lucked out and had an empty sat beside me for the St John's - London leg. I'm sure Robert did that special for me.

Arriving in Heathrow I hopped on the tube (which conveniently leaves from the basement of the terminal) and got myself in town and easily found the hostel. I was ready for a nap but couldn't check in until mid afternoon so I showered (nothing like wearing 2 backpacks on the tube to get a good stench going) and started walking about noon. I just wandered for a while, heading toward the Millenium wheel whenever I caught glimpses of it. I walked by Westminster Abbey, Parliament, said bonjour a Grand Benoir, and just continued to walk. I have now finally made my way to the Oxford Circus area (no elephants, just enough people to make it craaa-zy!) and am around the corner from where they are laying the pink carpet for tonight's premiere of Miss Congeniality 2. There was a crowd gathering but supposedly no celebs until about 6, so hopefully I'll catch them on my way out. Can't believe Sandra & I arrived in town the same day and didn't realize it - what are the chances? Obviously our people didn't connect... heads will roll.

Speaking of people not connecting... thanks for all the phone calls (and emails) the past few days, very sorry for those who I missed and didn't get a chance to return. In the words of Canadian legend Bryan Adams... "Cuts like a knife" ... nope sorry, "please forgive me" that's the one...