Via London

[foxgrrl]

I'm sitting in the Shopping/Eating area of Heathrow Airport, Terminal 1. It turns out that there really is no security-zone purgatory for arriving international passengers. I could have jumped on the Underground and explored London for three hours. It took me about an hour to get from Terminal 4 to 1 (, and get through security and everything). Maybe I'll do that next time I'm here — I mean the time after next time, since I'm only here for about an hour on the return flight.

I'll post some more later, my laptop battery is running low, and I only have a power cord for US and Germany (not UK). (And I don't want to buy a converter from one of the many stores encircling me.)

I'm still not sure where I'm going to sleep tonight in Berlin. I'll improvise something.

Meanwhile, Here's a new poll!

[Poll #895456]

Comments

[solarbird]

None of the options are "What's falvour?"

[kitten-goddess.livejournal.com]

I hope you can speak German! I'm worried about you wandering around Berlin in the middle of the night with nowhere to sleep.

[lokifox.livejournal.com]

One of the cool things about Germany is that most people speak some degree of English too.

[paka.livejournal.com]

Pomegranite.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_harbinger_/]

My first though was Eek! But then I realized that it should be easy to find a decent hotel from the airport, even if you don't feel up to speaking german by the time you arrive.

Oh, and I second the vote for pomegranate.

[atavist.livejournal.com]

Take a look and see if you can get to Copenhagen without trouble.

I live in Malmo, which is across the strait there.

[foxgrrl]

I don't suppose that there is any way for you to get down here? There's a VAX cluster someone setup - You can hide in there.

I have a big wad of Euros burning a hole in my pocket, but I don't know if I have enough time to get to Copenhagen and back, between the conference and my return plane flight. Can you research train schedules and stuff to see how long/when/wieviel Kosten a trip between Malmo und Berlin ist.

[atavist.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, there's no way I can get out there.

I can help with times, prices and such, though. There is international booking and info on such.

My phone number is in an earlier message, if you need to call me.

[digitalsidhe.livejournal.com]

The mere presence of a "Commander Taco" option made me literally laugh out loud (okay, chuckle out loud).

[sezjasaneh.livejournal.com]

'Commander Taco?'

Anywho my vote's for burnt marshmallow...mmmm....

And your such a nerd, postin' in the airport lol :-p :) Don't get too concerned hon, there are a ton of places and the German people are really friendly, you should be fine (if you've got internet just do a quick search for hostels or student housing, because like alot of places in Europe they are far cheaper than hotels and there are dozens of them around).

[silvaerina-tael.livejournal.com]

Too bad you didn't have mouth blistering curry... It's yellow, albeit a deep yellow.

[foxgrrl]

Oops, I knew I was forgetting something. That's one of my favorite flavors too; It makes sense for the Sun to taste hot too.