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Post by Blossom & Co. on Dec 21, 2010 1:56:47 GMT -5
So yesterday I got up at 5 am to catch a 8:30 flight to London - all packed up, got shipped out to the airport, and waited for an hour in line at the check-in place. Airlines give us a last-last-minute notice that our flight is canceled.
So basically, due to extremely terrible weather, Heathrow Airport in London was closed down, and our flight was postponed to Wednesday at the earliest. Which totally messed up our whole itinerary, because we had booked train and Eurorail tickets and stuff to Paris and Rome too. In the end we decided to cancel the whole trip altogether, because even if we could get into Heathrow there's no telling if we'd be able to get back out in time (apparently there're something like 20k+ people stranded there due to the weather!) Had to trek all the way home and spend a couple more hours calling to cancel all those other tickets. :C British Airlines wouldn't refund us our ticket too, for the longest of times (until this afternoon), and Eurorail doesn't do refunds or something like that.
No more Europe trip! ;w; At least we made some plans to go skiing and stuff next week... but it's still a little different than seeing the Eiffel Tower and Big Ben and stuff. xD
My raffle's changed deadline is still staying as it is, btw, on New Year's Eve rather than Christmas Eve. Just so you all know. ;D *prods raffle board*
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Post by Lain on Dec 21, 2010 10:35:42 GMT -5
aww! that's so disappointing! Stupid weather! I guess in these situations, you just gotta look on the bright side of things..
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Post by Mini on Dec 21, 2010 13:06:02 GMT -5
Aw I'm sorry Blossom. =( That's really a bummer. And it sucks they don't do refunds for your tickets. Could you maybe sell them to someone else?
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Post by Surreallity on Dec 22, 2010 10:03:18 GMT -5
Aww That's really disappointing. If it makes you feel any better the Eiffel tower is fairly overrated?
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Post by Blossom & Co. on Dec 22, 2010 14:53:50 GMT -5
Yeah, it really is quite a letdown. xD At least I get more time to do AP homework? =D I wish I could sell, Mini, but it's kind of difficult as we don't know anyone here or in Europe that would be interested in buying. It's alright though, at least we got the bulk of our money back from plane tickets and hotel reservations. XD
Oh, I'm sure the Eiffel Tower is somewhat overrated at least, it just would have been fun to see it in person, especially as I'm studying French in school. ^^ (French teacher also gives extra credit for visiting and writing a report on musuems... lol.)
Thanks for your support guys, I really appreciate it. C:
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Post by Eruanna's Menagerie on Dec 23, 2010 14:28:12 GMT -5
Oh, Bloss! That's so sad. D= I admire your looking on the bright side of things, though, and not being all down in the dumps about it. I know I'D have been a grump for a week at least if that had happened to me! xD
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