With glorious fanfare, I arrived in London at precisely 11:43, AM, GMT. Unfortunately, my minicab (which appeared to just be a van) was expecting me at 12:45 (unclear why..did he think it would take an hour to clear customs?) so I had a bit of the time in the airport to avail myself of the duty-free and everpresent Starbucks. No free wifi on this side of the pond. 
However, I am on free wifi now–something has just floated into my room that was most certainly not there when I went to sleep. Which brings me to why I’m writing a post at 2:40 AM…despite often suffering from jetlag, and having discovered the wonderful abilities of melatonin, sold as a dietary supplement in the US, I FORGOT it.
So I happily went to bed at 9, only to wake up at 1:45 AM.
Alas.
However, the flight was free from both crying babies and obese people, which was a definite plus. In fact, I made a new friend–a doctor from Vancouver. She’s a GP, and I now have her email.
I don’t think there is any other equivalent to airplanes for meeting random people. Train/Subway people invariably have headphones/closed compartments (or the space is too open; you don’t want to be the only people talking, on show for everyone) and buses people seem to be in too much of a rush. At least that’s my perception. Thoughts?
Anyway, it appears Jeffrey has just woken up as well, so I think we’ll play some cards and try to sleep more. Pictures forthcoming, when I can get internet that is more than 1 mbps and poor signal.
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