London to Little Rock

We arrived back in the States last night but have yet to arrive back in Searcy. Internet connections have been very difficult to find for the last two weeks and I have been unable to update our adventure reports or add photos. I will be doing that over the next several days.

We had a smooth departure from London. We had arranged for a taxi to pick us up at 1 Bloomsbury Place at 8:00. When we headed out at 7:55, it was there. The wonder of that statement had to do with the fact that he had the wrong address and had begun looking much earlier to make sure he was there at 8:00. (Can you imagine that happening here.) The traffic was so bad that it took us two hours to get to the airport (fortunately we had a booked price) but we had started out with plenty of time to spare so it worked OK. We were again amazed at the efficiency of the European airport security and check-in. The flight was uneventful and the encounter with customs was smooth. Unfortunately, chaos began shortly thereafter. As we exited from customs in Atlanta and showed our boarding pass for the Atlanta to Little Rock flight, we were informed that our flight did not exist. We were sent from counter to counter only to be told the same thing. That flight does not exist (and never had). Finally we ended up at the Delta assistance desk and waited in line for over an hour but had moved only a few feet further forward. Finally I spotted a Delta phone and called the national reservations office. They informed me that it was indeed a legitimate flight (that was not not listed on any of the airport computers of monitors) and given a gate number. It was correct but no information was ever posted, they just finally called for boarding. We arrived in Little Rock without some of our luggage but hopefully that will arrive today.