Friday, April 20, 2007
4 February: Africa, Here We Come!
The alarm woke us up painfully early and we were out of the house and on our way to the Stuttgart airport by 5:45 (on time, for once). We lugged our huge Micato bags from the long-term parking garage to the far end of the terminal, by which point we had determined that the rolling wheels on the duffels are nice but mostly for show, as the bags are incredibly awkward to pull. We checked in at British Airways, went through security and passport control (which we thought was rather odd since we were just going to England , which last I knew was part of the E.U.) and boarded our plane a short while later. There were only about twenty people on our 1 hour-20 minute Sunday morning flight to London . We watched a salmon pink sunrise (left) over cottony clouds, with the Alps forming a jagged line across the southern horizon. We had a strange sandwich for breakfast – a white bun, tasteless cheese, and a cream cheese spread with chives. Must be a British thing. We crossed the English Channel and started descending towards London , passing over mossy green fields framed by neat hedgerows. The fairytale image of Windsor Castle came into view for a few fleeting moments, glowing golden in the morning light. It was unbelievably huge! Maybe I will need to add that to our U.K. itinerary. DH was sitting in the aisle seat and couldn’t see it. He honestly didn’t believe that I had seen Windsor Castle . If only I’d had my camera handy, it would have been an incredible picture. It wasn’t until we were very close to landing that I noticed that all of the cars were driving on the "wrong" side of the road.
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