Transit Archives - Rachel Stuckey

Olympics Medal for Heathrow

July 31, 2012 / by Rachel Stuckey / in Travel, Travel + Escape, UK / No comments

Have you ever arrived home on a late-night or early-morning flight, breezed through a deserted customs area, and awaited your bags in an cavernous baggage claims hall? Has it ever happened to you at London’s Heathrow Airport?

I’ve been through London’s Heathrow Airport several times. It’s always an experience. My first time was shortly before 9/11. I was rather taken aback when my passport was checked no less than five times before I boarded my flight home. Little did I know that just a few months later, Heathrow’s approach would become the new normal.

Getting to the Olympics

July 12, 2012 / by Rachel Stuckey / in Travel + Escape, UK / 1 comment

Whenever I tell people that I’m going to the London Olympics later this month, the reaction is, “Wow! How did you get tickets?”

My answer is rather disappointing (not unlike the simplistic “eat less and exercise more” when one asks how best to shed a few pounds): “I went online and I bought them.”