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There are other changes as well.
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We go on to the joy and through the tears
We go on to discover new frontiers
Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
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Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
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Too funny with your wheelchair assistant as it sounds like he feared Mark! Crazy lines at the security lines! Another funny thing with those other cars and the map. The best being the car doing the roundabout. Sounds like the moment in the film "European Vacation" with Chevy Chase, when he is trying to navigate one of the roundabouts in London to no success for several hours!
October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
The weather in Iceland just didn't want to clear up for you all, even when you were leaving. Thank goodness for the First Class line as the other looked horrendous.
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Too funny with your wheelchair assistant as it sounds like he feared Mark! Crazy lines at the security lines! Another funny thing with those other cars and the map. The best being the car doing the roundabout. Sounds like the moment in the film "European Vacation" with Chevy Chase, when he is trying to navigate one of the roundabouts in London to no success for several hours!
I remember the film and it might have been the same series where they got stuck on the Champs Elysees for ages... now that I can understand. That is one scary roundabout! This was honestly a really tiny one with clear signs of how to get to Reykjavik.
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We headed over to passport control, where there was no wait at all, and then down to our gate, passing through duty free on the way. When we got to the gate, I said to Mark that I’d use the restrooms to be on the safe side, and he told me they were some distance away. Ugh, he wasn’t joking! They were back by the duty free shop, and when I walked in, most bits were roped off to the point where I thought they were closed. Thankfully they weren’t. Let’s just say the Dyson Airblade tap/dryer wasn’t the greatest plan ever…. There were still soap suds in the sink when I went to use the dryer, and let’s just say the soap suds ended up all over the mirror…
We settled down to wait to be called for boarding…
Eventually, after some time, our guy turned up again, so we knew it wouldn’t be far off. We were the first to be taken inside the waiting area, and then it all kicked off. Some guy decided he didn’t want his boarding pass scanned, and walked into the area from the other side. What is it with people?
We were given the nod, and we were taken up in an elevator, following an elderly couple. He was walking with a stick, but we ended up going first. We were right outside the plane, waiting to board, and it was fascinating to see the cleaning teams at work – and my goodness, how they work and quickly!
We were soon called on to board, and took our seats. We ended up with a teenager sitting next to us. He was part of a school group that were on board – 29 in total, although nearly all of them were seated at the back of the plane, and nowhere near us. Apparently, they’d spent five days in Iceland – very nice.
Everyone was on board nice and quickly, but then there was an issue with the paperwork for the crew we understood and we ended up sitting there about another 15-20 minutes until that was sorted out. Finally it was, and we were pushing back. There are no photos from the ground, as the rain was coming down again, and it was impossible to shoot through the windows with rain running down it.
Once we took off, it was literally a minute or so before we were seeing a lot of this…
That didn’t surprise me, given it was a miserable day on the ground, but it was a shame, as I was hoping to get some better views of Iceland on the way home. Obviously not…
However, the cloud did break to give us this view… where it was, I do not know, as I don’t think we flew over Reykjavik, but that’s the only place in Iceland I can think of that would look this big and sprawling from the air?
Soon I started to notice that there were slightly different shades of white, and realised that it wasn’t all cloud out there. Some of it was mountains as well – hmmm… could that be Brian, or should I say Eyjafjallajökull? I’m going to say we saw him…. somewhere….!
It was about this point where Mark nudged me and we both moved out of the way to let the teenage boy next to Mark take some shots. Mark told me later that he thinks the kid saw me photographing, and thought it was a good idea, so off he went – good for him!
After a while, they came round and asked what we wanted to purchase in terms of food and drink. I decided to go for this, as I thought it was reasonably priced… and it tasted pretty good too!
Now for the food. I ordered this…
… and Mark ordered this:
Apparently the “chef” who cooked them (trust me, this appeared to be his only job, as we didn’t see him during the flight) had a code for what was required. You had to show a cheesy smile for the buffalo mozzarella and tomato focaccia, while you had to touch your nose for bacon. I didn’t get that one, but it was explained to me that it was an indication of a piggy nose! Oh my goodness, classic!
Your photos from the plane are beautiful wherever they are!! Your meal looks very tasty!! ( I had to laugh to myself when I typed that because it came out as tarty!)
Your photos from the plane are beautiful wherever they are!! Your meal looks very tasty!! ( I had to laugh to myself when I typed that because it came out as tarty!)
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So I am making a note to allow for plenty of time at the airport when we leave Reykjavik for Barcelona. We aren't sure if we'll have our own wheelchair for Mike, or if we'll get an airport one, but either way, don't think we'll try it on our own!
So I am making a note to allow for plenty of time at the airport when we leave Reykjavik for Barcelona. We aren't sure if we'll have our own wheelchair for Mike, or if we'll get an airport one, but either way, don't think we'll try it on our own!
No definitely don't. We had a much easier time of it on our first visit, but I think that was because we were flying during the evening, when I believe there are fewer flights. As this was the morning, it was a lot busier.
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Crazy lines at the security lines! 
Another funny thing with those other cars and the map. The best being the car doing the roundabout. Sounds like the moment in the film "European Vacation" with Chevy Chase, when he is trying to navigate one of the roundabouts in London to no success for several hours! 
Thank goodness for the First Class line as the other looked horrendous.
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This was honestly a really tiny one with clear signs of how to get to Reykjavik. 
They were back by the duty free shop, and when I walked in, most bits were roped off to the point where I thought they were closed. 
I’m going to say we saw him…. somewhere….!
Oh my goodness, classic! 
Your meal looks very tasty!!
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