Carrie and I retired in July of 2021 and were fortunate enough to go on some awesome travel adventures in Spain, Portugal and Morocco. You might have read about them in this blog! We thought we were retired forever, and would continue to travel and chronicle our experiences. Well, in the summer of 2022 Carrie’s former employer, Indiana University, asked her to come back on a part time basis and help them with some new studies. Of course she was happy to help out. At the same time, my former company asked me to come back as well, on a part time basis, when my replacement abruptly resigned. Carrie and I knew that we were just filling in until permanent replacements were found, but we weren’t able to separate from our positions until July of this year. Now, on to more travel!
In April this year we found some great flight deals using United points to London and started planning a trip to Europe for about 10 days in Great Britain before moving to parts unknown, with just a vague plan of wandering through Germany and Italy.
As we all have crazy travel stories to tell, this one starts out ominously. On Monday morning we caught an early flight from Indy to Dulles. Once in Washington we boarded our 8:35AM flight to London. All was well as we taxied down the runway, excited to begin our journey, when the pilot announced that Great Britain air traffic control just had a major computer crash, and all traffic in and out was either cancelled or dramatically slowed down. Our flight was cancelled and we spent the next 12 hours in the United Polaris lounge until we could catch the next flight out. We are now in London, rested and relaxed, and ready to get out and about this beautiful city.
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