Countdown

Well we are counting down - only 24 days to take off and the situation re airport closures and flights in and out of Europe seems to have eased with all the European airports now open. This provides some relief especially to good friends of ours who are leaving for Italy and Spain next week.

Of course this depends on the behaviour of  Volcano Eyjafjallajokull*  in Iceland. If it doesn't behave then airport closures may be repeated and all us travellers will have to rely on our insurance companies and/or the goodwill of the large airlines. Why doesn't that make me feel relaxed and comfortable?

*A friend of mine tells me that in Chile the news readers are refering to Volcano Eyjafjallajokull as Volcán Impronunciable. Apparently, it's quite easy to pronounce - “AY-yah-fyah-lah-YOH-kuul.” - that is according to the Icelandic Embassy in Washington.

Stopover in Seoul, South Korea

This is a view of Incheon Airport, Seoul, South Korea where we will stopover on 18 May 2010 on our journey to Madrid. Incheon Airport won the award for the Best International Airport of 2009.

The award was based on surveys carried out by SKYTRAX involving responses from over 8 million air passengers and covering nearly 200 airports worldwide.


In congratulating Incheon on winning the award, Skytrax CEO Edward Plaisted said:



“Incheon is an airport that has been in the global top five ranking for the World Airport Awards during the past five to six years, and it is a great achievement for them to secure this premier mark of customer satisfaction.”


For more pics and more information on the awards go to the SKYTRAX link and also to this entry of the following blog:

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