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Scotland, Day 1, Edinburgh
Oct. 1st, 2019 07:38 pmWe got a shuttle to O'Hare airport in Chicago. They picked us up at 1:00 for a 6:15 flight, so that was kind of a long time in the van and sitting at the airport. Our driver was an interesting guy. He was a driving instructor for the SCCA, and gives glasses on ice/winter driving, so we chatted about that for a bit.
There was a foreign currency exchange right in the concourse near our gates. So I gave them $500 in exchange for GB Pounds. I should have done more, since the fee was better than I'd get at the ATMs in Scotland. They told me they'd buy back whatever I had left when I came back, but when we got back, we didn't come across such a booth, so I would have been out of luck. Fortunately, I didn't need that.
We boarded the plane. I sat down in my seat and looked out the window to see our bags ready to be loaded. It took a while for the plane to leave the gate, and then even longer to leave the ground. I think it was an hour in total. And then eight hours in the air. It seem to take forever. I think it seemed so long because I had convinced myself that it wouldn't feel like forever. The plane was really warm. I don't usually complain about the heat, but this wasn't very comfortable. And it was too early to sleep, so I just watched some dumb movies before I found they had Star Trek: Discovery.
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There was a foreign currency exchange right in the concourse near our gates. So I gave them $500 in exchange for GB Pounds. I should have done more, since the fee was better than I'd get at the ATMs in Scotland. They told me they'd buy back whatever I had left when I came back, but when we got back, we didn't come across such a booth, so I would have been out of luck. Fortunately, I didn't need that.
We boarded the plane. I sat down in my seat and looked out the window to see our bags ready to be loaded. It took a while for the plane to leave the gate, and then even longer to leave the ground. I think it was an hour in total. And then eight hours in the air. It seem to take forever. I think it seemed so long because I had convinced myself that it wouldn't feel like forever. The plane was really warm. I don't usually complain about the heat, but this wasn't very comfortable. And it was too early to sleep, so I just watched some dumb movies before I found they had Star Trek: Discovery.
( see photos )
