Dear friend,
Summer holiday is over and we really had a great ones. We did travel to foreign countries and enjoyed them very much.
Now I am again traveling this time more for business than for pleasure. But to keep balance I took with me my fishing bag. I never dud fishing in my life and this time it is not exception, in my bag I do carry my light tripods, umbrellas, strobes and all other necessary equipment. This bag has a military camouflage on it (wondering if it make difference for the fish) and it is extra bag I like to take into cabin of the airplane. I called KLM yesterday and they gave me permission, but you never know. So until I am with it inside the plane I am sceptic.
To make my journey more adventurous trains are not running as they should so now I a sitting in different and later one. Hopefully I will get to the airport on time. These kind if things happen all the time. I do use trains only to go to airport something like six times a year, in over 90% of a time there us something wrong with them. Seems almost like a special service for me. If they would to this all the other time u guess nobody will use them anymore.
Soon I am in Utrecht where I need to switch to different train. I let you know later how all this went.
60min later.
I am sitting in standing train about 1km before Schipol airport Amsterdam. In Utrecht it was interesting. First I should go to rail 5 than 7a and at the end we departed from rail 15. I am not there yet. Airplane is departing in 110 minutes.
80 minutes later.
I am sitting in the airplane after rather entertaining time with bag drop off and security. I have my lightning equipment with me in cabin and the cabin is row 4 on B 747.
Next news later when we land in Narita Japan.
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My dear friend,
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Dear friend,
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