Well, if you have checked out the video gallery, you will realise that the start of my trip didn't go according to plan. To be honest, I don't tend to have a plan as I normally pack at around 1am, get hardly any sleep and then tear *ss to the airport the next day!

This is exactly what happened, as after getting in from Thai Boxing (my friend Linsay had flown over from Belfast to travel with me and was sitting in my living room, my nephew had very kindly picked her up so I could kick Steve's *ss, again!) we decided it would be a really good idea to play on the Wii, until 12:30am!!

Cue frantic 1am packing scenario (thank God my sister Theresa came round and did my ironing for me that evening!)

The following morning, we arrived with a few minutes to spare (or so we thought) and made our way through to the departures lounge. I changed some money on the way through (mental note, never change money at the airport, con artists!) and we met up with some of the guys from Brum who were already in there.

We chilled for a bit and then I realised that we hadn't checked the screen for a while or heard any announcements so I went over to check things out and to my horror, saw that our flight had been delayed by 5 hours!!

Now, five hours in Terminal 1 would've been alright as there are some great shops in there, but we weren't in Terminal 1 were we!!!

Anyway, to find out how we kept ourselves amused, check out the video below:

' Hamburg Salsa Congress - Four & a Half Hours at Birmingham Airport'

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Stay tuned for Part 2!