Starting the vacation

photo - interesting looking shops at Dallas Fort worth

Starting the vacation Sep 3 - I am starting this journal as we finally depart from Dallas to London. The plane is jittery and my writing is getting worse with every word. This was the worst departure I ever had. This AA flight should be at least 15 years old. It shows all of its age. No seat back entertainment for a 10 hour flight. Guess we have to spend all of it sleeping. What was supposed be a 10 hour flight started with a 4 hour delay. We were stranded in the run way, trapped inside our little economy cabin for 4 hours. First it was maintenance issues with a panel for 3 hours and then a weather delay for one hour. Even more annoying was the captain who announced every 10min that we were ready for departure. We almost started and backed out 3 time. One good thing about the delay was that we got to know some of our fellow passengers. We chatted up with this old lady who had traveled to dozens of countries in all the continents except for Australia. She is now taking a cruise from Stockholm covering 8 countries in 26 days. I am thinking.. ."One day............." hmm.


Update from London Heathrow: Missed our flight to Zurich, as expected.Thankfully we were re booked with another flight after 3 hours. Will have to hunt for food in Terminal 5. Was hoping to meet my cousin Karthick, but we couldn’t come out of the terminal and he couldn't get inside, though he was just 10 min away :(