Top to bottom, left to right…

River Charles (Boston), Tagus (Lisbon), Vistula (Krakow), Vltava (Prague), Elbe (Czech/Germany) and Thames (London)

What was supposed to be a 4 country trip became a 7 country trip that included an unplanned flight cancellation and an unplanned hike crossing a country border!

That is nearly 10 miles of walk/hike with over 20,000 steps everyday!!

… in other words… London !

We were stuck on the ground for 45 minutes. The rains had come into Prague and they were using one runway fewer.

The pilot came on to the PA and first thing he said was that people can get up, stretch and use the restrooms. No problems. And then he invited any young kid to come up and have a look at the cockpit!! Seven kids holding their parents’ fingers went up. It was a heart warming scene. Most of us were so amused waving at the kids that we did not feel the pain of the wait!!

Even for a veteran flier like me, this is a bit strange…

You see that British Airways plane next door? Well, I am sitting in a BA plane too. We are both headed to Heathrow from Prague. Our scheduled departure time is exactly the same. And we reach at the same time!! When I was booking my flight, I noticed the same. I had figured something was amiss.

Not really.

I asked the person at the gate. He confirmed that two different BA equipments are scheduled to fly exactly at the same time the exact same route!

This is inexplicable to me!