As you know we flew out of Calgary to London at 2200 Aug 26. Our ultimate destination being Varna Bulgaria, flying from Heathrow to Sofia with British Airways and then to Varna with Air Bulgaria. Being in our 70s we decided to overnight in London. When we checked in with BA in Calgary The agent said she could ship our bags directly to Sofia. That made sense to us until we arrived at the hotel in London with no clean clothes no toothbrush and no deodorant, they w...

We left Calgary at 2230 Monday night and flew all night to London. Having a metal hip makes me hate airport security, I always get patted down. Going thru international security on Monday in Calgary, was almost pleasant, the staff couldn't have been nicer. First time on British Airways in a while, we have been using KLM a lot. The leg room is really bad on BA and as you know height isn't one of my traits. Service was excellent but seating was really uncomfortab...

The Hippies are off to Bulgaria & Serbia for our annual month long adventure. We made the reservations in March now the departure date is finally approaching. We fly Aug 26th to London on British Airways. Spend a night in London (a concession to our age, a few years ago we would have done the trip to Varna with no break) then fly to Sofia and on to Varna on the west coast of the Black Sea. The photo is the beach in Varna. A couple of years ago we spent time...