Thursday, July 26, 2007

.... quick quick ... slow slow ...

ok ... I'm in a rush here , i'm counting down towards the holiday. But this holiday will be a very slow one: Lauran broke her leg, more specifically her shinbon.

My god i never felt so bad the last for such a long long time. They say that if your own kid is in pain, you as a parent feel the pain in quadrupple ... well i felt bad , she had to stay more than a week in the sofa with an open plaster to let the swelling go away. On Monday she received her fixed plaster cast, but it is coming almost to the hip and her leg is bend. On top of it she is not allowed to walk on the plaster cast for the coming 5 weeks ....

If any of you have some good advice on what we can do to make her life easier and make her smile again : advice is welcome.

The plans for hiking in Scotland or biking in Normandy are off, it is sunny Mechelen we are aiming for.

Happy travels my friends

Friday, July 06, 2007

... The habit of flying ...

you know i love flying and that i'm a bit addicted to having a busy schedule .. hoping on the first flight to a country, staying as long as i can and taking the last one back .. but i learnt my lesson this week.

Monday evening flight from London to Paris delayed with 2 hours, was only in the hotel around 1.30 at night. Next day last flight back from Paris to London: cancelled .. had to find a hotel and booked the train to London. In bed at 2 out at 5 to catch the train ...

Than friday .. i said to myself no way i will be fooled, i will be home at a reasonable hour , take the 18h25 flight London to Brussels ....

and what: cancelled.

Now sitting here in the airport trying to reach the people who need to be aware and thinking of again a wonderful to be developped: the alerter .... What is it:

my flights are in my calender
my calender is published on the web
I select the list of people who need to be informed of my whereabouts
if somethign happens like a delayed flight or what, the tool automatically sends a message to all involved

so who wants to develop this tool, i only ask 10% of all profits till 2020 :-)

Happy travels