Cont'd

Flight from Toronto to Gatwick was great. Left about 30mins. late but was very smooth and uneventful.

Waiting at Gatwick now(12:30 local time). Was informed that the flight will depart on time but will arrive late as we need to make an extra stop in Bodrum, Turkey to drop off spare parts and an Engineer to deal with another plane. No big deal I guess. Busy place this Gatwick and BIG...lots of walking

Later

Travel Day(for me)

What a start. 2 hours before I have to leave for the bus(airport shuttle) a call comes in that we have switched(been forced) hotels!!!!!. Okay, at least I found out now and it didn't happen in transit.

Shuttle to airport uneventful, check the luggage, sit in the departure lounge(five hours early), buy some Wi-Fi time, check my email and guess what....in those few hours we are back to the original hotel. Apparently it is a busy time in Turkey right now (National holiday) and there has been some confusion. Hope nothing happens while I'm in transit because I don't know if I will always have wireless access.

So far flight is on-time

Purpose

The point to this blog is simple.......to keep family and friends up too date regarding our travels and how the tournament goes. The tournament is what Mol has been working towards all summer long...the Jr. World Championships to be held in Antalya, Turkey on October 6 through the 12th.

I am leaving on Monday 29th and Mol will depart with the majority of the team on Wednesday Oct.1. With a 21:50 departure and a 21:05 (local time) arrival in Antalya on the 30th, a long day of travel need be endured.

I'll try to keep this as up too date as possible as this will be my primary method of indicating to family, my existance.