Unless you've been sleeping or living in a hole somewhere, you know all about the whole security threat today in london. Now, London isn't allowing any flights into or out of the airport that have ANY carry on baggage with them, including Laptops, cell phones, iPods, and any other electronic devices that could potentially set off a bomb. This is supposedly because the 20-25 terrorists planned to blow up all 10 planes using a liquid explosive inside a gatorade bottle, and set off the bomb with a disposable camera's flash bulb. In the US, we're still at least allowed the same carry on bags, and we can still carry on electronics, but absolutely no liquids/gels. So no toothpaste, hair gel, hand sanitizer, bottles of water, contact solution, mayonase on sandwitches your mom made....nothing. But, since I'm flying through London Heathrow to get to Florence, I don't even get to carry on anything! Oh, and not that this really matters to me, but for other people's information, you now MUST take off your shoes going through security at the airport; it's no longer optional. And that's just as of 6:00 tonight; earlier in the day, you were still allowed to have a carry on going through london, but now even that's changed. No exceptions. So who knows if they'll allow you to check the two carry on items that you used to be able to take, or if you'll be limited to two bags.
If that happens, I'll be shipping a crap load of stuff to my dorm. Just some additional charges to add to the nice fat bill from NYU.
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