February 2009

[Sweder]

Thanks Antonio. My evening went/ is going something like

'Land at Gatwick, picked up at 21:30; drop SP and C off at 22:00, home by 22:30. Unpack/ re-pack for Brazil, log on, check e-mails, pfaff about till . . .
02:30, car to LHR arrives; 04:00 arrive at LHR terminal 2; 04:05 - 04:40 try to pursuade the TAP attendant that I really don't need to re-validate my ticket at the TAP ticket desk (which is closed); 06:00 take off for Lisbon; 10:45 take off from Lisbon to Salvador . . .

. . . arrive Salvador at 20:30 UK time, spend close on 2 hours going through customs in 32 degrees (no air-con), check in at Hotel Othon Palace (admire long strip of white sand and crashing waves), call home, throw bags onto bed and head out for supper with President of the FDI and the local organising committee; 22:30 - 01:30 attempt to stay awake over a stunning supper of fresh seafood - with Bohemia cerveca plus a tumbler of sugar-cane rocket-fuel chaser - and a technical grilling on event logistics and customs procedure; 02:45 return to room; 03:05 . . .

. . . shut-eye.'

G'night Mary-Ellen.
G'night Johnboy