How do you say… Eyjafjallajoekull

I’m not sure if Iceland was going for the “Most Difficult to Pronounce Volcano” award when they came up with the name Eyjafjallajoekull, but they are sure in the lead for the win. I still have no idea how to pronounce it, but this volcano is seriously screwing up a lot of travel. Airports all over Europe have been completely shutdown and most flights from the US have been cancelled costing airlines billions of dollars and leaving thousands of travellers stranded.

Many of the travellers in Moscow for our meetings have been stuck here since Saturday and are finally supposed to get home on Thursday pending that planes continue to fly. Sunday and Monday many airports opened back up again and lots of airlines have been flying (many have even added additional flights) but I read today that the volcano is acting up again which could cause more problems for travellers. Hopefully Eyjafjallajoekull will get its act together before my flight from Moscow to Houston on the 27th.

Posted: April 20th, 2010 under Travel.
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