Excitedly I woke up earlier than I my alarm. I showered and checked out well before 6am. My flight was at 8.25 so I wanted to make sure I left myself plenty of time incase I repeated yesterdays poor performance and caught a wrong train or bus!
Jumping on the metro again to the end of the blue line, I bought some poppy seed pastry sweets and a apricot filled and a pizza sauce croissant- they were lucky dips when choosing as I still couldn’t read Hungarian!
The bus was a little nerving; there were no travellers who looked like they were going to the airport. Still, I was by myself, so I only had myself to blame if something went wrong. I like taking 100% responsibility as I feel there is a far smaller chance for error. Eventually I arrived at the international terminal, the trip from the center took just over an hour. It was perfect timing and I checked in and am proud to report my bag weighed 18kg (the lightest so far of the trip)!
I found a power point and charged my laptop, sneaking in half an episode of breaking bad. Walt has just been told he’s beating the cancer, which means his drug involvement could end badly as I suspect he wont die soon of cancer. It will be interesting to see where the story goes. I am mid way through season 2, and am still hooked. Have seen a bit of Albuquerque now thanks to the show, so looking forward to being there in a few weeks.
Flying BA was nice and it was comforting hearing English over the speakers for the announcements, even if it was from a high-pitched queer. I found the Hungarians were limited with their English and at time this got tiring and frustrating when trying to communicate in simple interactions.
It’s hard to accept I am closing the chapter on the European adventures and finally arriving in America. This time my travels weren’t so fast paced. I felt that spending a week or so in 4 different countries was more relaxing than 2 or 3 nights in each major city, like last years trip. It was a very easy holiday, only catching 2 flights over the 4 and a half weeks in Eastern Europe. It has felt like a holiday.
I am excited at the future traveling prospects in Eastern Europe. I feel that expensive holidays have been left behind, and replaced with maturity and an open eye as to how far I can stretch my dollar.
For example, the expenses of 1 week in Ibiza would be the equivalent of 3 or 4 weeks in Turkey, Romania, Hungary and so on. Maybe the chance to come back to Europe may be on sooner than I thought if Air Asia release their yearly sales from Perth to London. Having said that, all this time away makes me realize how much of Western Australia I have yet to explore, especially up north along the coast.
The obvious culture and language shift in America will be interesting in comparison. I’m looking forward to the change (I suspect they will have similar attitudes to unhealthy foods as the Hungarians; their approach to healthy food was unbelievable).
Wasn’t sure if it was the first time I landed in Heathrow, but it was the largest airport I’ve come across, spanning over 5 different terminals. I had to catch a 5 minute train the terminal for my NY flight. This terminal served only Virgin Atlantic ( so all flgiths were to America) so the security screening was very tight here. I couldn’t have had a better scedulae of flights, only havint a couple of hours between landing and taking off to kill. I easily killed the time wandering, browsing the shops and eating two massive sandwiches from Eat.
Was flying at 747, so it was a rather old plane. And was full to capacity. I had a little chuckle as I waited for the line to dissipate at the boarding gate; the large americans, and there were a few… what it’d be like if I was sitting between them! IN the end I was squashed in the middle of two girls, and it was still very tight! I need to earn money so I can enjoy the spaciousness of premium!
Goodbye Europe, Hello the USA!
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