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The Trip Begins
We are two legs down of three on our way to Dubai. Having breakfast, cup of Starbuck’s, and a quick email fix while waiting in London. It is grey and misty here this morning at about 8am local time 2am personal clock time. So far, international travel is highly over rated. Next time I insist on business class or better! I am going to talk to my boss about it. Not only the flying conditions are rough, I miss my kids greatly. You don’t realize how hard the separation will be until you board that plane; at least I didn’t.
Heathrow is certainly interesting. It has clearly been cobbled together in haphazard fashion over a century or more. Hard to describe other than a labyrinthian series of concourses to walk and still more shuttle time winding around seemingly aimlessly until you happen onto terminal 4. We hope we have some fresh clothes when we get to the Arabian Gulf!
Next post from Dubai!
Travel Blog Inspiration
As I prepare for the trip to Dubai and London I am inspired by the travels, writings, and travel writing of Susanne Salvo. Her Salvo at Large blog is a great read; humorous, informative, with great pictures and skillfully written. I heartily recommend you take a look! She, along with her photographer husband, have been to something like 130 countries. My list of countries will blossom to 6 when I get UAE and Great Britain.
Countdown to Dubai
We will be heading for Dubai, UAE in 17 days. Stacy and I are very excited and if it were not for the hundreds of things left to do we would wish we could leave tomorrow.
Stacy is finishing up her revisions to the training materials she will use for the Marcus Evans internal communications training session she is teaching. We will be at the Hyatt Regency Dubai for 4 nights; one day to recover from jet lag, two for the actual training, and one day for Stacy to decompress and enjoy some of what the city has to offer.
Oh, but the fun doesn’t stop there. We go on to London for 4 days and nights of 20th wedding anniversary celebrating! We don’t have firm plans for what we want to do and see in London other than a concert at the Royal Albert Hall. I bought 2 tickets on the UK eBay site to Mark Knopfler!
We have loved Mark since the Dire Straits days and saw him two years ago at Red Rocks. It was a fantastic show and we look forward to seeing him on his home turf.