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

[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.