Post 12/25/09...on Delta...through Amsterdam!
Okay...security is AN issue. Our plane was delayed 2+hrs in Amsterdam because of an additional security "random" check with dogs! There were also armed Army...and we watched as every single person going on to the plane to clean or cater was 'frisked' by additional security. The security at the gate was very high...every carry-on opened and the most were taken as baggage instead of being permitted on the plane...we were all patted down very carefully.

I noticed that this particular gate would be later used for a flight to Detroit. I wondered if this was THE gate that was compromised on Christmas...as I looked at all the faces of the many people, the many nations...I tried to imagine if any in the room would be willing to die....would be willing to destroy everyone else in the room. I was unsettled realizing that we were actually in the physical setting of terrorism. Too real...too close! The times in which we live are truly difficult to explain to ourselves...let alone solve.

We spent today catching up on sleep...we got to Mumbai at 2 am ...lost a bag..actually it was left in Amersterdam...by the time we got to the hotel it was 3:30 am...exhausted. We leave for Hyderabad in a couple of hours...so tomorrow we will begin our India...adventure.