No volcano's in Norway where she lives, just a health warning for children, especially asthmatic ones.
But Iceland is on the mid-Atlantic ridge and that volcano has been active for a fortnight or so. Must be scary when you live close to it.

Same here, item on the news in some far-away place, which does not have any influence on our daily lives.
In this case I was surprised it would wreak havoc with air traffic in Europe. But it does, Northern and Western Europe as far south as Paris are having to close down airports.

For us it's a disappointment, others may be stranded and be booked in hotels or spend the night in not so comfortable conditions, but for the inhabitants it must be far worse.

Thanks, I too hope she'll be able to come after all.

He does now. She decided to tell him why she had been on the phone so often.

Thanks, Shirlene, it's just one of those things, nothing like what you and Rick are going through. We are all healthy and my daughter lives 20 min from the airport, so no problems there - which is a blessing with the 11 months old baby.

I am keeping you in my prayers!!

I live close to a minor airfield and it's nice not to hear aircraft flying over. On the downside: she won't be able to come over. Had it been something she needed to attend, like a wedding or a funeral, she would certainly have tried to come by car or train. In this case my husband had a long telephone conversation - and other grands to cuddle.

I was amased too that something so far away could have such farreaching effects.

Thank you, happy birthday it is, although without her.

Thank you Lilian. We are having a great day!

For us it's just a minor thing, others maybe far less lucky, stranded somewhere on an airport.

Thank you Sara, I know we are very lucky to only have a surprise visit cancelled. We'll hopefully see them in May when we are visiting them - by car.

Half of Europe has its airports closed, Mother Nature is still spewing ash into the air. Well, it's nice and quiet not to have planes coming over, but for people returning home from the USA it's a bit of an upheaval. I heard on the news that 1 million Brits will not be able to resume work on Monday after the end of their Easter holidays. Never realised how much air travel has become part of our lives - no fresh food and flower exports, no postal services to and from other countries, and so on. So our disappointment is only a minor hiccup.

No such luck, I'm afraid, Schiphol (Amsterdam Airport) is closed today as well. Anyway, we'll be seeing them in May as we are visiting them (by car and ferry) from the 3rd till the 22nd.

But it's a nice day!
Love,
Martine

Thank you for your birthday wishes. There will be other occasions to meet as a family.

At least she did not get stuck somewhere as many people were. I hope your friend will be able to make it on the 28th.

Een beetje wel, ja. Mijn man wist van niks, maar er was heel wat georganiseerd en gebeld.

She'll not be coming soon, maybe in August. But we are going to see her from 3rd May for 3 weeks. And we are going by car.