Friday, May 27, 2005

In Transit

So far so good. Id like to stop now though if thats possible. Had enough flying for one day thank you. Two down, one to go. Currently at Heathrow awaiting the last plane of the day. Havent come close to missing any trains or planes today which is good but did wonder about my bags and sanity too.

Note to self: Self, dont travel with a head cold. It makes you wonder whether to call the flight attendant if you think your ears are about to burst and start bleeding or wait for visual confirmation.

With so much travel in the one day there are sure to be many anicdotes and Ill share just one with you today.

Toulouse - Taxi Driver
Bares some resemblance to Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man. All was fine until I left the train station and as soon as the cab started moving, so did he. Literally, in a kind of rocking back and forth kinda way.

No problem, of course he is not impeded in his driving or he wouldnt have been driving a cab. Check for visual identification to verify taxi driver status. Cant see any. Its not just me, all the other people in cars during the peek hour traffic are looking too. Pull up at the lights, rocking stops. Lights go green (I go a littler paler) and off he goes again.

It was around this point I made a kind of muffled guffaw which was part laugh, part cry. Turned head to look outside window for the rest of the trip.

With internet time running low and anecdote complete, plane departing and all that Ill be off. May or may not post in next couple of days. Typing may soon be my only means of communication if my head explodes on the next flight.

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