Musical Planes

This has been a day about playing that old game of "running to catch planes connections", and the new game of "learning about how to creatively use wireless and lap-tops" while doing so. All this in order to try to staying in touch with the running of the hat store (as it is the time when all the spring hats arrive) and also to manage my blog.

Monica, a freind flamenco dancer also traveling to Jerez (some of you may have seen her perform at our last Spanish Cafe event patiently accompanied me as I set up my traveling office whereever I could. Plugging into power sources at waiting at gates,beside baggage carousels, catching roaming wireless in departure lounge's and cafes, I learned how far I can go pushing the bizzare world of computer gadgets, and the patience of those around me.Most of all - a sense of humour is needed, as it is completely hit and miss whether you can connect anywhere -anyhow.

On the practical side of things...

With a two hour delay at the Vancouver airport , we had to figure out whether were are actually going to stay in Frankfurt overnight or Madrid. We were missing our Jerez connection for sure... and also the Madrid connection. I'm glad I bought flight interruption insurance...I hope it covers it all. We are going to end up getting a hotel somewhere (I hope) and get new flights to Jerez.

Later... we land in Frankfurt. Find out if we can get another flight... YES! We can get another on Spainair. Running with bags and then busing from one termanal to another... then... when we get to Madrid... we try to find out what has happened to our baggage, as we have missed the flight to Jerez. And we are directed back and forth ...from one end of one terminal to another. sala cinqo, sala dos, no..it's at sala uno...

No luggage anywhere. Now they are going to see if it fell off somewhere between the plane and the
building. So no baggage yet and it's about 6 o' clock so far. (I am hooked up to a wall socket I found
beside the carousel.)

YAAAY!!!! Monica just found them - they'd fallen off a cart indeed.OLA Espaine!!!!

So the trek continued to another terminal by bus to go from place to place to buy new tickets to Jerez from Iberia Airlines. Back and forth, back and forth. This country is nuts... and I love it. I'm soooo tired , but I don't care.

We finally got tickets - our flight apparently leaves at 9.30 or so... we'll see.

I'll keep you posted!