It was due to leave at 00:05 but it's been rescheduled to 02:00 approximately. There are no boarding announcements here (it even says that on the gate display) so that's a tiny bit stressful, but if I set reminders on my phone to check intermittently it should be cool.
At the risk of wearing overly rose-tinted spectacles, this isn't so bad. There are bars and shops still open (although at 2.20 euros for a small San Miguel it's a bit pricey, although not too bad by airport standards I guess). This also means that I should land in Sao Paulo about 10:00 local time instead of 8:00, and by the time I clear customs and somehow get to the hotel it will probably be getting on for midday, which is check-in time. With the original arrival I might have got there too early and ended up sitting in the hotel lobby. So maybe it's even for the best.
I have no idea what the roaming data rate is so I will try to contain my desire to waffle further as I hang around.
In theory this is a golden opportunity to listen to my Portuguese course, but I'm slightly worried about missing the flight somehow if I do that. Probably a silly thought, maybe I will do that in a bit.
I was in the airport in madrid at 8pm! In fact my luggage was still at the airport when you were there! ahh.... small world!
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Robin left without his luggage? Is that "our Robin" as in "ou est"? Where's Steve... is he now chained to a radiator in a São Paulo favela?
ReplyDeleteNice to hear from you Robin - were you in the terminal with R, S and what have you in? To be honest I can no longer remember what time I got there, but it's still quite a coincidence. If I'd known your luggage was there I'd have shipped some stuff back to the UK. :-)
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