Nov 12 Thu - London, UK to Bethalto, IL USA

 Got in early last night owing to the time change picked up another hour so I walked out to get the hotel bus? nope just missed it and they only run another hour so heck no... go to book a Bolt it's £28 ! Thats $38 for 1.4 miles ? Crazy.... so there are the london cabs sitting there I figure what the heck gotta be cheaper than that, and it was, only £18 for the ride of less than 10 minutes. 

But it got me to the hotel at 10:40 and I was showered and to bed by 11:30, first set the alarm for 4:40am then said no that's too early 5:00am should be plenty of time the plane is at 8:20 they say allow 3 hours although they say 97% of people get through security within 5 minutes, and even at peak times 6-8 am it averages 20 minutes sometimes 25... so ok 5:00 it is, which of course I am worried I will oversleep and miss the plane so i'm up at 4:40 anyway... lol...

Thankful that I had packed echinacea tea I set up a double bag cup and a packet of oatmeal for the morning and that was great to have first thing as I got packed up and ready, I only had my knapsack as they checked my big bag all the way through to Dallas. Then down to get a Bolt or a cab well there was a couple waiting for one and they are going to Dallas for the football game Sunday and another 10 days touring Texas so I was going to order I said you want to ride with me? and the guy says well she already ordered one we are waiting on you can ride with us ! So it cost nothing and nice conversation with them about Dallas, Austin, San Antonio where they are planning to go for barbecue and blues and horseriding besides the football game. 

Now into the airport here we are 5:25 or so 3 hours early for 8:20 and... through security in 10 minutes and up to the gates by 5:45 now almost 3 hours to wait! But there are lots of places to eat and a pharmacy to get throat lozenges I end up at Pret A Manger got a veg ciabatta roll with egg white and spinach and stuff it was good and prices fair. Also got a box of face masks at the pharmacy I am coughing that dry cough pretty regular so I don't want to spread it and also lots of people are sneezing I don't need any more cold germs either. So now I'm all caught up it's 6:47 and they have just annonuced our gate whiuch will be 25 another hour of waiting well there's stuff to eat and i'm all caught up on my blog and now I can clean up pictures and old emails lol...