… remain unchanged!
Unfortunatley today’s flight was cancelled as well and I’m in a bit of a holding pattern while our travel coordinators work to figure out how to get me and my other stranded American colleague home. As I said before – I’m still safe and have a roof over my head and food to eat 
The plan at the moment is to depart for the US from Madrid, Spain on either Friday or Monday. Getting to Madrid is actually the problem at the moment, as many of the trains are full. Eurostar (major express train service in Europe) has made 30,000 more seats available so that should help ease conjestion a bit.
To help take my mind off of this nonsense, I took a ballet class last night at a local performing arts academy. I love the fact that no matter what country I am in or whether or not I speak the language, ballet is an option for something to do. When you take a ballet class, the terms are all in French, which is a universal language for dancers pretty much. And when you go to see a ballet there are no vocals, so you are able to understand the story through the miming and dance. It’s quite an amazing phenomenon.
And just for fun, a few examples to show that Brits and Americans do not speak the same language!
rocket = arugala
car park = parking lot
for let = for rent
take away = take out
Boy, what an opportunity. I’d love to get stuck in London at the company’s expense! Ballet was a great idea. now I’d line up a serious pub crawl. Have fun and make use of the time there! Much love – UK