Travel tips

A short post for yesterday, since I spent almost the entire day in airports or on an airplane.

Some things I learned in my trek:

• There is a secret passenger lounge/waiting area in the middle of the huge duty-free store in the international terminal at Heathrow. It is cool, quiet, and has few people in it. This is an excellent find, especially when the main waiting area is overcrowded, hot, and loud.
• Stardust is a pretty entertaining movie -- a tale of magic, witchcraft, true love, and stars that fall to earth. It has kind of the same feel as The Princess Bride, but it is not really funny in very many places. A notable exception is Robert De Niro as the cross dressing Dread Captain Shakespeare. Watching him dance around his pirate ship carrying a frilly pink dress never gets old.
• The Nanny Diaries is not such a great movie, but it was a little better than I expected. I liked the anthropology angle, even if it was a bit silly at times.

OK, enough for now.