Our Flight from Houston to Houston

Currently sitting in the lobby of the Airport Sheraton Hotel...

Our flight from Houston took a dramatic turn flying over the Atlantic 3 hours shy of Amsterdam. The volcano in Iceland made some unexpected noise while we were airborne and on our way to Europe. Had the air space not been closed, we would have flown to Paris and taken a train to Maastricht...however, this was not the case and since we were low on fuel we made a 180 turn and headed to Liberty International in Newark, New Jersey to fill up and head back to Houston. By the way, Newark is 8 miles west of Manhattan, the largest city in Jersey and a common sea port...which smells bad.

In other words...we departed from Houston at 3:40 p.m. on May 16th and arrived in Houston at 4:45 a.m. on May 17th. Flights back to Amsterdam are still pending.

On the bright side, I sat next to a U.S. Air Marshall on the plane!! This may not seem that exciting, BUT I convinced him to let me see his gun and badge, and he got me one of those first class business pillows (this is a luxury in comparison to the tissue paper they call a pillow in steerage). He's flown over 4,200 flights since 9/11...pretty impressive.