Because of a situation that would be too complicated to explain in these few lines, this morning at 6:13 I found myself sitting in the departure area of Nice airport’s Terminal 2 waiting for the counters visible in the background to open so that I could check in for my flight to New York. At the same time, Eric was in Terminal 1 of the same airport, checking in for a flight to London with connecting service to New York’s JFK airport where, provided our respective flights are on time, we should arrive within an hour of each other. This wait for my 10:30 a.m. flight is not much fun for someone who is notoriously impatient... At 8 o’clock, I was checked in and through security. It is now 9 a.m. as I write this; it will be uploaded later from New York.