Restless Prairie Girl

The title may not sound too optimistic as all in all it was a wonderful trip.  It did have its challenges though.  I have a feeling this is going to be a long post so put the kettle on and brew up a cuppa....okay are you ready?   Here  we go.... It didn't get off to a smooth start when my WestJet flight from Calgary to London Gatwick was canceled.  Of course as with all these things you never know until pretty well the last minute. Maintenance issues were the cause which WestJet seems to have problems with on their London Gatwick route.  After a lot of lining up and mass confusion (no WestJet staff to tell us where to go) and going through Canada customs again  (because basically, we had been in "no man's" land)  we were given vouchers for a hotel for the night as well as for meals and taxis.  I was near the front of the line luckily.  I was put up at the Hotel Clique which is above my usual standard so that was a treat.  But I re...

I am home again and up at 4 a.m. because why not?  Good old jetlag - I always suffer much worse heading west than east.  Of course, it didn't help that I went to bed at 8:00 last night because I didn't get much sleep the night before. Meeting a legend  When I left you I had just attended the travel conference in London.  Well now I am going to get into more detail....  I did get a few shots of Michael Palin but they aren't very good.  But still...Michael Palin!  While in line to get my book (the paperback of "Pole to Pole" for those interested - it was the smallest one to carry home!) I stood behind a fellow who was a huge Michael Palin fan.  Not for the travel books but because of Monty Python.  He had bought two copies of the "Monty Python years" for Michael to sign  - one for his mate (as they call a friend in the UK) who has been down in the dumps and he thought it would cheer him up.  I thought that was so sweet. ...