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[Kevin Thomas Riley]

Thanks!

It seems the Icelandic volcano is again spewing ash, although it's not as serious as before. I really hope this won't affect my travel plans. So far they have rerouted some trans-Atlantic flights. I can live with that since I have a six hour stop at O'Hare in Chicago. So even if the trip takes longer I still have a good margin.

[WarpGirl]

I hope you have a nice time in Florida. I have to say that I have yet to experience a good time in that part of the USA though. Nightmarish family vacations have scarred my Katra. However PLEASE POST PICS!!!!!!!!!! You always post the best pics.

[Aquarius]

Mmm, unhealthy food. It always seems to taste better.

Cooking misadventures are fun with the right people. Junior year in college I tried to make damper and it was burnt on the outside and half-raw on the outside. And yet one of my roommates and I couldn't stop eating it with jam and/or honey, so we joked about how it was addictive like the secret ingredient was crack and... well, maybe you had to be there. My point is, it can be a good time still, I think.

Even with the right people, our "cream of root beer" experiment in college was a Very Bad Thing.

Have a great time, KTR!

[Reanok]

Good Luck Kevin I hope the Icelandic Volcanoes won't cause you any flight problems.I'd love to see a Space Shuttle Launch live.

[Aikiweezie]

Kevin, too bad your "visit" to Chicago will only include a stop-over in O'Hare airport. The international terminal is nice, though.

[Kevin Thomas Riley]

Kevin, too bad your "visit" to Chicago will only include a stop-over in O'Hare airport. The international terminal is nice, though.

Really!? I've heard that O'Hare is supposed to be one of the worst airports in the world. At any rate I'll probably not spend much time in the international terminal since I'm transferring to Orlando, which ought to be in the domestic terminal.

[honeybee]

Your O'Hare experience will depend entirely on what terminal you wind up in.

It's a big, monster - but the newer terminals are tolerable. The tiny one I always wind up in makes it very difficult to be a vegetarian, I'll tell you that much.

A week from tomorrow I fly to Heathrow - I'm crossing my fingers and hoping I'll get there. I'm flying back from Paris - and hope I won't get stuck.

[WarpGirl]

I'm a bit of a freak I love airports. Except in Canada I hate Canada.

[Aquarius]

Your O'Hare experience will depend entirely on what terminal you wind up in.

It's a big, monster - but the newer terminals are tolerable. The tiny one I always wind up in makes it very difficult to be a vegetarian, I'll tell you that much.

A week from tomorrow I fly to Heathrow - I'm crossing my fingers and hoping I'll get there. I'm flying back from Paris - and hope I won't get stuck.

Jealous!

Detroit used to have a reputation for having one of the worst airports, but from what I understand the new Macnamera terminal is nice. I've never been in it; it was built and designed pre-9/11, so from what I understand it's like a big, open shopping mall inside--a security nightmare. So only ticked passengers are even allowed into the terminal at all; the old Smith terminal, anyone could go in, you just had to have a ticket past a certain point to get to the actual gates. The new one makes it impossible to have someone come in and wait with you, and if you are hanging out with someone on a layover, they have to leave the terminal and go to the adjacent hotel bar to meet you for drinks. At least in the old terminal they could come out past the gates, and there were shops and restaurants everyone could visit.

[Alelou]

Having done many flight connections in O'Hare, all I can say is that its terrible reputation is at least as much for the notoriously bad weather and related delays as it is for the actual airport. The distances you have to travel from gate to gate can be a pain, too. This time of year, though, and with six hours to spare, it shouldn't be too challenging. Just pack yourself some patience for getting through customs and don't make any bomb or terrorism jokes.

[WarpGirl]

I loved the airport in Detroit! I went into Gucci and it was so bright and open and airy. I love airports with a lot of light. The one in Detroit is awesome.

[trek_shipper]

I'm a bit of a freak I love airports. Except in Canada I hate Canada.

*sniffle sniffle* Why?

Have you ever been to Vancouver's airport? I actually don't mind it. Toronto is a beast to navigate, though.

[Kevin Thomas Riley]

I hope I don't get stuck on the way back. I have a stopover at Dulles then, and fly to Copenhagen from there. It's a shorter route, but if any ash clouds are over the Atlantic it can be more difficult to get around it. The Stockholm-Chicago flight can always take the route over Iceland and Greenland.

On more day to go...

[Silverbullet]

I have been in Airports alllll over the world. Actually 50 years ago they were all pretty nice but now with the Security and lines not so much.

The airport is one thing but Landing at one can be hairy as Hell. Used to was landing in Hong Kong was quite an adventure. The Plane traveled down a river valley amid apartment houses. Pilot had to make sharp right turn and touch down at the same time. Try that at the end of a typhoon. there is one Airport in south America wher the plane just flies right on to the tarmac with out decednding it is a mile high. Take off is the same, just go until the plane runs off the end of the runway and the pane is a mile in the air.

[Kevin Thomas Riley]

I like to travel, but I really don't care all that much for travelling, if that makes any sense. Where is that Transporter when you need it?

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Well-known fantasy artist Frank Frazetta dead.

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