Invading Belgium

Travel Times and Terrorists

Yay, so yesterday my travel agent Fed-Exed me my passport/visa and my tickets! I leave here at 1:50 pm, then its off to Minneapolis, a 1 1/2 hour layover there, then to Amsterdam, and a 2 hour layover there, and then to my final destination...Brussels! And my visa is soo pretty, its all...pink and green and shiny. lol, I love it.

The flight is only supposed to take 24hrs...BUT...with everything that just happened in London with the attempted terrorist plot, I am expecting it to take WAY longer than that. I know that I dont leave for 8 days, but still. And now I cant take much with me onto the plane. Only:
-Pocket sized wallets/purses
-Travel Documents
-ID
-Money
-Medications
-Sun/glasses, but no cases for them
-Contact cases, but no bottle of solution
-Sanitary Items
-Unpackaged tissues
-Keys, but they cannot have an electronic device on them (ie. garage door opener/remote car starter)
There were some others, but they dont apply to me, like baby formula, but another passenger has to taste it infront of an airline official.

You cannot carry:
-Food
-Beverages
-Hairspray
-Shampoo
-Toothpaste
-Hair gel
Etc...anything liquid.

And EVERYONE is subject to hand searches.

I mean, I dont want to sound selfish here, because I know that this is a really big deal, and Im really happy that they caught the guys before they could do any harm, but....this really, really sucks. I guess Im just lucky that Im leaving next week, and not today.

posted by Lissa @ 11:26 AM