Although the title may sound negative, it simply reflects the long journey we have undertaken, but first I must talk about the Atlanta Aquarium. Our day began late, Jo and I overslept by about an hour, then we had to pack and drive to Atlanta. Time was moving on, we finally entered the Aquarium about 3pm. It is an amazing place, with separate Aquaria for different types of habitat. They have dolphins, Beluga whales, mantra rays, and various sharks. Those are just the large creatures, there are also lots of different types of small fish, frogs, and American alligators. We went to Gunbeaux for food, before heading to the airport. Atlanta airport has a new international terminal, it is about 10 minutes drive from the existing terminal. We arrived at the gate about an hour before boarding. The flight left on time and arrived in Amsterdam early, so we had an easy transfer to the little BAe 146 for the 40 minute hop to London City. After a short wait for our bags, which we began to think were still in Amsterdam, we passed through customs. Going through customs is an experience I hate, I'm always expecting to be stopped and detained for no better reason than they can. Then we took the DLR, the Jubilee line and the main line to Billericay. The total time in transit was about 13 hours, I slept for barely 2 of those.
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