From one world to another.........easily?

How lucky I am to have safely traversed the globe just days before the volcanic eruption in Iceland has paralysed travellers world-wide. I am so relieved to be back safely and enjoying the spring in Provence, but am conscious of the fact that we take so much for granted; the ease and efficacy of not only airline travel, but technology and communications generally. I've just Skyped family in Australia and in some ways it feels like I never left. That warm, comfortable feeling of being recently there and in touch with all the latest gossip and activities. At the same time I'm immersing myself in the beauty of Provence in the spring; early morning jogs through the vineyards, lunch with friends in village cafes and birdsong pouring through the open windows! Another world completely and yet it took just a few hours of high-tech travel to link those worlds together. My thoughts are with those thousands of stranded travellers around the globe today as they await yet more days of uncertainty. It seems that we are not quite as secure in our high-tech world as we might have thought. A sobering thought, but perhaps a necessary one to take on board.