Off to Cadiz....and back again in one day!

Doing the crossword in the airport lounge...

Today started at 4.00am.

Still jet lagged from Tokyo we struggled into a taxi first thing this morning and set off for the airport in Norwich to catch the 6.15am flight.   It didn't go until about 7.30 which meant that we missed our flight to Madrid!   We went to the lounge and got into a 2hr long queue (yes, TWO HOURS!) to talk to an assistant about re-booking.   High winds had caused disruption at Amsterdam and a great many people had their plans disrupted.   There were no seats on any flight to Madrid until the following afternoon and that would mean that we had to stay the night in Amsterdam and then stay another night in Madrid as we would miss the last train from Madrid to Cadiz!    A chapter of accidents.

After much research by laptop and discussion we decided to abandon the trip entirely and have standby tickets to return to Norwich on the afternoon flight and are booked on to the evening flight if that doesn't work.   Amazingly it looks as though they will be able to prevent our luggage going to Madrid and it may arrive back in Norwich before us!

Fortunately, our host in Cadiz has accepted a rebooking, so now we are going in September!   Perhaps we will be luckier! 😎😎