Monday, September 25 - Good-bye, England

 "Ah! There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort. Nobody can be more devoted to home than I am." - Mrs. Elton in Emma

Before breakfast,  I took a short walk to see where the British Museum was. 

British Museum

Row houses across from our hotel

love this tavern covered with flowers

Front of our hotel

City bikes for hire with our hotel in the background

9:00 Breakfast at hotel
I forgot to take a picture of the food,  but it was the same as yesterday :)

10:45 Checked out of hotel, Took Uber to Heathrow. Our driver was Borislav from Bulgaria 

12:00 Check in at Delta counter
Got wheelchair and went through security

We had extra time,  so we explored the airport a bit. 

Read 3rd John in the prayer room

Lunch in airport at Spuntino

3:50 pm We took off (a little later than scheduled)

6:30 pm Land in SLC
Went through a quick customs line
Laurel and Shelli Picked us up - thanks sisters!

Mom back at home showing off her souvenirs

Monday, September 11 - SLC to London - FLIGHT CANCELED :-(

"If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad.” - Jane Austen

Well, Mom created her own adventures in her village before we left.  She bumped a fragile vein while putting on her sock, which resulted in a stream of blood spurting from her leg that was hard to stop.  Urgent Care doctors got to her right away, fixed her up, and we still left on time. 

6:00pm Laurel and Shelli drove us to the SLC Airport.  Thanks! 

Checked in at Delta Counter, checked in our bags, and made sure there will be a wheelchair waiting for Mom in London.

Lovely clam chowder at Market Street
Grill in the Salt Lake City Airport.

Found our gate!

And... just as it was time to board, they announced that there was a problem with the pilot and that our flight was canceled.  Not delayed, just completely canceled. We were panicked, along with the rest of the passengers.  

Mom played Wordscapes while we waited in
a very long line to talk with a Delta help desk.

Jens came to our rescue and spoke with Delta on the phone and found us a flight for the following day.  It was not direct and involved a short leg of riding in coach, but we were happy to take it! He also came to pick us up from the airport and take us back home. Thank you, thank you Jens.  You are our favorite person.

Back at home, I was able to change the London hotel dates online with an Expedia agent.  And I woke up at 2:00am to call the London Tower to change our ticket from Wednesday to Thursday.  They were so helpful and made it easy.

We drowned our sorrows in popcorn,
cheesecake (thank you, Ethan),
and Sense and Sensibility