Well, after months of anticipation, training, and weeks of goodbye's (not fun), my 6 bags and I are headed to Kenya. This whole process has been so surreal, I can hardly believe the day is here. As I flew off to London for my first leg of the flight I was feeling really good. I stood in line at Starbuck's with my absolute favorite choreographers from So You Think You Can Dance (Tabitha and Napoleon) and am still kicking myself for not snagging a picture with them...oh well. I got comfortable in my seat, that had an empty seat next to it, kicked my shoes off, and began to enjoy the very nice selection of movies and music. Pretty soon, a nice dinner was served with some red wine...again...feeling good. Then, I landed in London. Now, it's slowly hitting me that things are slowly getting different. I follow the signs and end up standing in line to go through customs to enter the UK (by accident), realizing that I don't have enough time to head into London and have to turn back around and try and follow the nice signs in English correctly this time to make it to my terminal. Then I get to where I need to be, finally, and my card is declined at Starbuck's. I still don't know what's going on with that, but I have to use cash to get my coffee...only to receive pounds back that I have no clue how to use....so I buy a breakfast sandwich I think I can afford with money I don't know how to use. Finally, with no gate to sit at because it's too early for my flight to have an assigned gate, I'm wandering around with my 2 very large carry ons, trying to pass the time. Hence, a nice long blog post, with far more information then most will probably care to read, but alas, this being part of my entertainment for now as I pass the 8 hour layover I have, here it is. Counting the hours til' my final leg to Nairobi...hope I can follow the signs in THAT airport...
Friday, July 23, 2010
And it's go time!
Well, after months of anticipation, training, and weeks of goodbye's (not fun), my 6 bags and I are headed to Kenya. This whole process has been so surreal, I can hardly believe the day is here. As I flew off to London for my first leg of the flight I was feeling really good. I stood in line at Starbuck's with my absolute favorite choreographers from So You Think You Can Dance (Tabitha and Napoleon) and am still kicking myself for not snagging a picture with them...oh well. I got comfortable in my seat, that had an empty seat next to it, kicked my shoes off, and began to enjoy the very nice selection of movies and music. Pretty soon, a nice dinner was served with some red wine...again...feeling good. Then, I landed in London. Now, it's slowly hitting me that things are slowly getting different. I follow the signs and end up standing in line to go through customs to enter the UK (by accident), realizing that I don't have enough time to head into London and have to turn back around and try and follow the nice signs in English correctly this time to make it to my terminal. Then I get to where I need to be, finally, and my card is declined at Starbuck's. I still don't know what's going on with that, but I have to use cash to get my coffee...only to receive pounds back that I have no clue how to use....so I buy a breakfast sandwich I think I can afford with money I don't know how to use. Finally, with no gate to sit at because it's too early for my flight to have an assigned gate, I'm wandering around with my 2 very large carry ons, trying to pass the time. Hence, a nice long blog post, with far more information then most will probably care to read, but alas, this being part of my entertainment for now as I pass the 8 hour layover I have, here it is. Counting the hours til' my final leg to Nairobi...hope I can follow the signs in THAT airport...
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Your card was declined because you were trying to use it in another country and your bank suspected fraud. Just give them a call and tell them where you are...they should authorize the charges then. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteTabitha & Napoleon are our favorite as well. We always liked the name Tabitha but that sealed the deal.
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