7:00am Wake up call
8:00am Leave for Bus station
8:10am Loaded onto the 420 coach heading for London Victoria Station
11:10am Made our way back to the tube station to make another visit to Camden Market. A good place to find some last minute gifts before we leave England.
1:00pm Found our way to Oxford Circus. It really was a circus! Soooooo many people!
3:45pm Arrived at Heathrow to catch our flight to Germany
5:35pm The time stated that our Gate information would be available
5:41pm Still waiting on the gate information
5:53pm Still waiting…
5:56pm Head to our gate. Excitement is rising
6:08pm Board
6:27pm Seven minutes after we were supposed to take off, we find out that the engine to start the other engines is not working. So now we wait for someone to start our engines.
6:38pm The engines are running but they found a problem with the generators. So we taxi on over to a place where those can be worked on.
7:44pm Still waiting while the generators are being fixed
7:54pm Informed that the generators are now operational but during the process of the repair, the engines were turned off so now we wait for those to be restarted. Are we ever going to get off the ground!
7:58pm Finally begin to move
8:05pm The plane is actually flying
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10:18pm Plane lands. Applause breaks out in the cabin. We are in Germany!!!
10:27pm After waiting behind one family in the customs line, I approach the window.
Customs man, “Hi”
Heather, “Hello”
10:28pm Customs man stamps passport, no questions asked. Lynette had the exact same experience although I think hers took less time
10:37pm Pick up luggage. Didn’t even have to wait.
10:39pm Find Rike (Lynette’s friend) and run to catch the bus. Then on to the train towards Rike’s house.
Note: Some things that were noticed after entering Germany
1. Smoking in the airport
2. Open containers on trains
3. People turning and looking at us as we talk to each other in English
12:50am Go to bed. Lynette and I are beside ourselves because not only do we each get our own beds, but we have our own rooms!
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