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[inulro]

Greetings! I think everyone I know is accounted for and well, though as I have no LJ access at work and very few of your telephone numbers in my phone or diary, I wasn't too sure till I got home.

Because I get up too early, I found something that got buried in all the London bomb news, which shouldn't have:

McCartney fiancee forced to leave home
I've been driven through the Short Strand. It's a scary place.

The saddest thing I've seen all day (I thought on the BBC, but I can't find it now):

Muslims warned to 'stay indoors'
I do hope there's no increase in violence against Muslims, but am not holding my breath.

With regard to ID cards, Jason & I are wondering whether we should start his paperwork rolling at the Canadian embassy sooner rather than wait for the stampede of people who want to leave the country.

On a purely selfish note, I hope the price of transatlantic flights doesn't jump as a result of today. I haven't booked our holiday yet, and it's about the only thing I have to look forward to.

On a random and stupid note, the weather here has been so consistently shit (every day the BBC has promised it will be warm & sunny tomorrow, honest) that yesterday both Jason and I were both overcome with the urge to go to Miami and rent a convertible. (Checked prices. Not going to happen). Today was that revolting combination of cold & humid - too cool to be without a jacket, but wearing one causes you to sweat like a pig.

Past my bedtime again. Better take my sinus headache (I've even taken my meds today) and fall over.

Comments

[tvor.livejournal.com]

Re: your transatlantic flights, have you considered www.canadian-affair.com or flyzoom.com? charter but cheap and cheerful.

[inulro.livejournal.com]

Hiya! Jason and I always fly Canadian Affair, and we're using them to fly home, but we're making this one a bit of an epic and starting out in New York & then visiting people in Boston.

I did check out FlyZoom, but Canadian Affair is cheaper, and they've always been really good to us - we were in Canada when Canada 3000 went under, and by the time I called the London office the next day, they'd already arranged alternative flights home for us.

[tvor.livejournal.com]

I fly Air Canada because of comfort but my guy flew Thomas Cook via Canadian-affair in May and was quite pleased with it. Add to the convenience of him flying direct here from Manchester.

[inulro.livejournal.com]

Thomas Cook do indeed rock. We are making sure that we fly home on a Thomas Cook day this year. (Canadian Affair do a flight from TO every day, but some days it's My Travel, who are terrible).

I can't remotely afford to care about comfort, or I'd never go anywhere. Then again, you probably have access to better Air Canada sales than we do.