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Date: 29 September 2005 19:15:11
well i was going to be all swish and do some blogging whilst away in france but i forgot, and last night my dial in wouldnt let me. so second best here i am in amsterdam airport awaiting my flight home.
i do like the volcanous (is that a word?) auvergne region where i've been, but i've only really seen the inside of a slightly sketchy hotel and a local race track. the team i'm with have been working till the small hours getting their car running, fortunately i've been able to excuse myself at a semi-sensible time of night. that said, being french they always stop and eat, "work hard, eat hard" seems an appropriate motto for them.
i'm travelling light today as i'm used to lugging my laptop bag round with me. not on purpose unfortunately, the security on the way into the last flight found my secret stash of screwdrivers so i had to grab a few essentials (passport for example) and check it in as well, i just hope both bags make it through the notoriously baggage handling here (mind you, they've had long enough), especially as i just realised my car keys are in the laptop bag.....
3 small screwdrivers... honestly what did they think i was going to do? commit the terrorist act of unscrewing the wings?!! or perhaps steal myself one of those fold down tables... fab
wife is expecting a present and despite trawling round the myriad of naff gifty shops at the airport i've failed to turn up anything useful, and i refuse to buy a clog keyring or a wooden tulip. there's the perfume option which is fraught with difficulty, which one does she like? ... is it no.5 ... or no.9 ?.. why dont they call it something sensible that i can remember.
ah well, at least this meaningless ranting is passing the time.
and shortly by the magic of time difference my flight will only take 15minutes!
ed out
PS the announcer here has a wonderfully stereotypical dutch accent