Heathrow Airport, waiting for next flight.

The short flight to Heathrow was uneventful.  We landed at the newish terminal (terminal 5) and had to catch a shuttle bus to terminal 3.  Fortunately our baggage had been checked through to Los Angeles from Amsterdam so we don't need to collect it and re-check it in.

We have a bit of a wait now until our next flight to Los Angeles.  We had a wander around the terminal shops but there is only so much wandering around or shopping that one can really do.  So we decided it was time to head towards the designated gate for our flight, wait and relax.

We are flying with American Airlines and on the way to the gate we had to go through security again even though we were in transit and had already been through security in Amsterdam.  Also there were various stops by American Airlines personnel asking security questions and re-checking tickets and passports. Security is certainly on high alert if heading to the USA or even via the USA.

I will do my next update when we get to Los Angeles.

The last few days since getting back to the Netherlands have been hectic.  Paul will be starting work at sea again soon so we had to do a few things:  clear out the caravan and take it to storage facilities (a former greenhouse), take a load of stuff in the garage for recycling, fetch the quad bike and put it in Paul's mum's garage and then finally take the car to an underground garage for safekeeping until we return to the Netherlands.

Gwenny, Paul's sister, came to visit us before we left and then it was all systems go with sorting and packing things that we will need for the next 3 months.

To Mo'orea from the Netherlands

Today we are staring our journey to Mo'orea, Tahiti, and sitting at Schiphol International Airport in Amsterdam, waiting for the call to board our flight to Heathrow Airport and then on to Los Angeles, Pape'ete (Tahiti) and then on to Mo'orea (French Polynesia, just across from Tahiti).  It is going to be a very long day ...

First leg of our flight - heading to Heathrow.

A taxi picked us up from Rijsbergen at around 7am.  Traffic was bad all the way to the airport.  I guess everyone is going back to work after a long weekend.  Just as well that we had set off early to the airport - we made it with plenty of time to spare to drop our luggage off, go through security and passport control as well as the long walk to the gate.

Now we are just waiting for the call to board our flight.