Eyjafjallajökull

[winter]

So, on Saturday I have Ryanair tickets that were supposed to take me to Edinburgh to see a certain bearded Welshman in a certain adaptation of a Victor Hugo novel. I also have a mini-coach trip booked to Skye while I'm there, and generally a week of entertainment all planned. (Oh, and picking up my Maki Ichiro Sayonara Book of Doom). Right now Monday flights are decidedly cancelled - and everything else is up in the air because the bloody volcano is still spewing out dust. I am very, very annoyed.

(On the other hand, according to his Twitter, said bearded Welshman is currently stuck in Egypt... lose/lose?)

Comments

[-leareth.livejournal.com]

As horrible an impact the volcano is having over Europe, I'm still in awe of all the eruption photos coming out of Iceland.

Hope everything sorts itself out soon, and you get your week's break!

[winter]

It's just so annoying. Apart from a few days at the lakes, this was to be my only vacation until October (and first proper time off since Rome in November).

[alice_montrose]

I hope your vacation plans are not completely ruined. Hopefully they'll reopen air traffic soon.

I am still much in awe how a volcano eruption can paralyse Europe air traffic and cripple that of other continents to boot. On the other hand, the photos from Iceland are amazing... and I really have to learn how to spell the volcano's name.

[winter]

Ditto, I had to copy from Wikipedia ;) Apparently KLM's doing some trials and the dust wasn't that dangerous to their planes...

[alice_montrose]

As far as I know, planes are now allowed to pass through Polish (and Romanian, actually) air space, but not allowed to land. Or so the TV people said around noon.

[winter]

It's the landing/taking off part I'm concerned with, alas. Apparently there's little volcanic ash over us now, but the second wave is coming.

[alice_montrose]

*nod nod* I know. :(

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

And typically, you're coming to one of the countries closest to the actual volcano. YAY.

[wottie.livejournal.com]

I don't know my geography nearly as well as I should, but is there a way to go by train? I heard about someone getting a five-thousand-pound taxi from Oslo to Brussels, so I'm in the "anything is possible" state of mind. >_< this whole volcano business sucks balls, man.

[winter]

Pre-cheap-airlines I visited England twice via coach, but each time it was 24 hours from Warsaw to London, and train wouldn't shave off more than 4 hours off that - add at least four more from there to Edinburgh by train, or nine by coach. Not to mention the expense :(

[arabwel.livejournal.com]

I have plague form pragure stuck on my metaphorical sofa due to this - the problem is we can't jsut speedchange his flights for the first available flight becuase they are company-paid and you know how the red tape goes! First FDUb airport was closed... nbow the praggure airport is! XD he needs to go home and I need to go to prague next week - this is etting silly.

[winter]

Very silly indeed. At least company-travel probably handles stuff like extending hotel stays!

[arabwel.livejournal.com]

It would - if only they weren't more than happy to have him stay over at mine to save money. *snort* the joys of working for a small-ish company....

[ithilwen.livejournal.com]

Yes, how dare nature interfere with our plans! It's very inconsiderate of her.

(It's funny, when you stop to think about it, how we so blithely assume we're the ones running the show on this planet - until Mother Nature gives us a reminder we can't ignore about who's really in charge of things.)

Sorry to hear the eruptions have derailed your vacation. Could you do some last-minute planning for a week of fun not involving air travel? It might make you feel a bit better. You definitely deserve to have a fun vacation!

[winter]

I fear that if I just took the time off, I'd end up sleeping it through ~_~ Though I could use the study time...

[ithilwen.livejournal.com]

Nothing wrong with sleeping! Or studying, either. But what I had in mind was more along the lines of a week sightseeing in some place that you could reach by train or boat.

[carmentalis.livejournal.com]

It looks like things are improving a little, though. Germany is opening up airports right now, and I hear Vienna is going to open tomorrow morning. Whether that lasts is anyone's guess, but at least it's not a total blackout anymore.

[winter]

Ours are starting to open up as well, but it's Scotland I'm most concerned about.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Drat, I'm so sorry, and I'm so unhappy this is happening! It's SCARY, how this is crippling Europe.

[winter]

It's just a mess all around :S Apparently it's even impacting things like food shipments from New Zealand.