WUNDERBAR!

After yesterdayäs travel debacle the smallest gifts are treasures-- a hotel voucher with two BUFFETT meals, a shower with unlimited hot vasser, a European outlet that is compatible with my new converter (so that an episode of Deadwood can be enjozed on the laptop at 3AM), the rain outside, the feeling of being still rather than still up in an airplane and clean, clean hair.

And the food! I was living in the moment.... since I knew I was unlikely to have the opportunity again anztime soon I filled up on amazing whole grain German bread, butter, sour cherry jam, bread, fresh vegetables, gorgonzola ravioli, bread, mineral water, muesli, thick creamy yoghurt, etc. etc. etc.

And then I donned Indian dress -- the best slimming, expanding-waistband buffet clothes ever created -- and I am now prepared to check out and find the shuttle to the aeropuerto....

BTW nothing but excellent service from Air Canada after the last leg of the journez. And Lufthansa was quite nice as well. So far anywaz....