On our way to Europe. This is a combination travel: staying with cousins in Brussels and my son and son-in-law in London before boarding a cruise ship in Southampton.
We arrived in Heathrow an hour ahead of schedule. Not great when the overnight flight becomes a nap instead of a sleep. We figured breakfast would be good and then checked the departure board for our next flight: gate would post 40 minutes before departure. We had electronic boarding passes that said we would leave from the B gate area and so started walking the 15 minutes back to where we had arrived. Because we were on 2 separate tickets we had to go through immigration, reclaim checked bags, go to Brussels Air desk to check bags, go through security, and then go to the same gate area. When the new gate finally posted it said A gates! Back again, 15 minutes of rapid walking only to find our flight delayed.
We napped on the way to Brussels and arrived at my cousin’s beautiful apartment to start a lovely visit and plan our time in Brussels, Bruges, and Ghent.
So…