When our plane landed on the London Gatwick Airport, all passengers on broad applauded for the successful landed and our captain.
The thick snow on the ground outside the window make me realized I left Africa, left sunshine and beach, backed to the snow world. At the same time, I began to glad that I changed my mind at last minute and decided to go Africa instead of Skiing in Europe for Christmas vacation.
Whole journey backs to London, I was experiencing some turbulence and made me believe the reality of snowing attack in Europe.
EasyJet's Twitter site called for calm from passengers: "We do not intend to make anyone angry we are trying our best to assist." Another post said: "You may not get an answer immediately we are snowed under, excuse the pun!" Ryanair said 35 flights had been delayed, with the major delays taking place at Stansted. Now I could calm down.
After we arrived, the Gatwick airport was almost empty. Few passengers stay at the airport for someone picks them up to home. I could not find lot passengers were waiting for plane. It could be seem that the airport has learned for experiences that how to solved travel chaos caused by bad weather.
However, the Europe does not feel the same lucky. More than 80 people have died across Europe as days of snow storms and sub-zero temperatures swept the continent, causing traffic chaos for millions. At least 42 people have frozen to death in Poland over the last three days and another 27 in Ukraine. Another 13 people died in car accidents in Austria, Finland and Germany, where temperatures fell to -33C (-27F).
British Airways cancelled all European and UK domestic flights leaving Heathrow after seven o’clock 21 December. Channel Tunnel services remain badly affected after Eurotunnel closed its car shuttle service to new passengers.
Opposite the cold weather, we still could feel the warm in these frozen days, a restaurant owner offered tens of thousands of homeless people a hot meal in Krakow's main square. "The food is not the only important thing," restaurateur Janusz Kosciuszko was quoted as telling Euronews. "What is also important is that these people know that someone is thinking about them."
Hope everyone could find a warm to spend this winter!
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
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