My Trip, Part One

We started out from Washington DC.at 6pm. I truly hate night flights, I can't sleep on a plane, and so I have to sit up all night. It was a smooth flight, but we arrived in London at Heathrow Airport at about 2am our local DC time. Our next flight, going to the former Soviet Republic of Georgia's capital city, Tbilisi, didn't leave for 8 hours. I was NOT looking forward to hanging around Heathrow waiting for it, but Gus had a surprise for me. Yotel! This is a new type of hotel, and it is right in the airport. You can rent a room any time of day or night for any amount of time. It's cool, you check in by computer, the computer unlocks the doors for you, and in you go. Here is a photo of Gus checking out our room. I always laugh when I see this picture, he looks like he is thinking "they expect me to sleep sitting up?". Actually, once you get in bed, you press a button and the bed slides out and down flat. I say you need to press the button after you are already in bed, because the room is so small that you can't walk around the bed when it is down. The room has a big nice bathroom, but it is a really tiny room. I was thrilled to see it, I was tired, and we had 8 hours between flights so we could sleep about 6 hours. I went right to sleep. The next morning (for us it felt like morning, but it was actually 3pm London time), we left our cute little Yotel room and headed back out to the main part of the airport to get a snack before we flew to Tbilisi. Coffee and a big Cinnimon bun is my favorite brunch. Next, Tbilisi and the wonders of the Republic of Georgia...