A non-eventful and sleep-filled flight brought us into Dubai for a relaxing early morning coffee at 4.00am. Following my first sip of the worlds largest cappuccino I discovered that I had left my toiletry bag and ray ban sunglasses on the plane. This began what I will now refer to as The Rotary Foundation's Dubai Inter-terminal Not-so-fun, hopefully the first and last of its kind! Whilst Doug and the girls lazed about sipping on their ice teas and cappuccinos. I repeatedly traversed Dubai International Airport attempting to convince (very uninterested) Arab airport staff to care about my missing belongings at 6.00am on a Sunday morning! Various visits to multiple terminals ensued visit to the airport police station witness an interrogation of a suspected drunken traveller was an eye opener! Regularly checking in on Doug and the girls at the Irish Pub they had settled into ensured my legs we're well rested for each leg of the event! Finally a glimmer of hope, after telling a small white lie (insinuating to Emirates business class lounge staff that I need my heart medication before our connecting flight!) I was told that my glasses and toiletries will be waiting at the Gate for me on departure!!!! Three and a half hours of running had paid off, or so I thought!!!! At the gate I was given a small bag with some children's antibiotics found on the same plane!!!! Oh well, I've done my excersise for the week and learned a valuable lesson if you leave inexpensive belongings on a plane.... Leave it as a gift to the hostesses!!!
After my marathon we had time to settle at the gate and happened to bump into another Rotary GSE team outbound for Denmark! What a small world!
We are currently on our last leg... Only four hours away from copenhagen and experiencing a mixture of excitement and exhaustion!!!
Fun times to come!!
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