Adventure at the airport
Or the one I almost got arrested
The first time I flew I had to face my first weird situation. I think after this, anything that could happen was just one more story to tell.
I went to the UK, to be a chaperone to a younger girl that wasn’t allowed to travel abroad by herself. So you can imagine, that one of the main things on my mind was to keep her safe.
There were no direct flights to get there, so we had to go through Heathrow. On the way there, there were no issues — besides the fact that I discovered that I hate to fly. But coming back, let me tell you, that was an adventure in itself. Also, please don't forget that this was less than a year after 9/11.
So, after 3 weeks in Durham, imagine 2 young girls — 13 and 19 years old — entering a plane to London to catch the flight to Faro in Heathrow.
First of all, the main thing on my mind was the dinner that we were about to have back home. We spent 3 weeks there being mostly vegetarian, and let me tell you, I don’t think I will ever be able to go totally meat\fish free.
But coming back to the flight back to Portugal. From Newcastle to London there was absolutely no problem.
But then we got to Heathrow and had to go through security again, and please bear in mind, that this was…
