Thursday
Dear Elsie
Today is the day we hop on a plane and fly to Italy. We split our luggage between a roller bag and a backpack. It makes carrying it easier.
Julian dropped us at the airport and we easily checked our luggage, went through security and down the tunnel for passport control…
As we had only had one cup of coffee this morning, Mike, wasted no time ordering our second.
Then it was time for some plane watching…
Mike is watching something on his cell phone, while I’m sitting writing and have this view…
While Ethiopian Air has raised some eyebrows, one of the best reasons to fly via Addis is because it cuts down the flight time to Europe by about 4 hours – that’s if this works and everything is on time. It’s roughly 6 hours to Addis and 6 hours from Addis to Milan. Our stop in Addis is only an hour and a half. We’ll wait to see if that’s enough. For those family members who can see my location, we are due there at 10.45pm tonight, but as they are an hour ahead it will be around 9.45pm SA time. We are due to leave for Milan at 11.15pm SA time. We are expected to arrive in Italy at 5.50am tomorrow morning – Italy is same time zone as SA, so when you wake up tomorrow morning, we should have arrived, God willing.
It’s good to be travelling again.
Psalm 94: 18-19
When I said, “My foot is slipping,” your unfailing love, Lord, supported me. When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy.
It’s not about now – we are only passing through.
Keep the smile going.
God bless you.
In His Grip,
Gran xx 🙂