Well maybe there is a god after all or at least something seems to be looking after me.........
I've had some good luck on this trip, this morning I had a double whammy, I thought the bus to the airport was leaving the hotel at 10:30, I was having breakfast and at 08:50 and I realised I must have got that wrong as it 50 minutes to the airport and I would have only just made the check in time. So i figured it must be 09:30. Minor panic, race up to the room, chuck everything into bags and get downstairs, bus actually going at 09:45, so I made it quite comfortably.
Then...... on arrival at the airport we all get off and wander over to the various check in points. I'm asked for my passport. Where is my passport? I had a new waist belt for valuables , I had taken this off and of course I left it on the bus. Major panic this time, fortunately some of the tour group hadn't checked in, they phoned Per the tour leader for me as they had his number in their phones, I'd been trying to ring his home number in Sweden!
Anyway I'm a very lucky person, to say the least.
The driver didn't speak much english, so had he called his office and they called Per. Luckily for me he had driven from departures to arrivals as he was waiting for another group, race down there and he had it, still plenty of time to check in.
Everything is replaceable, well nearly, but certainly passports are, even if it is a major pain in the bum. I had my wallet with everything else in my short's zip pocket as usual, so all wouldn't have been lost, but it would have been very traumatic to say the least.
Time for another lottery ticket! and perhaps a couple of stiff drinks.............
I'm beginning to think that I won't be allowed to travel anywhere by myself anymore!
Also posted in the off topic forum.......