Stranded in Amsterdam

Not really but that is what it feels like.  Upon our 6:55am arrival in Amsterdam this morning we were informed that our 9:50am flight was cancelled.  We are now stuck in Amsterdam until 3:00pm at which point we will take an airbus to London have only ONE HOUR to switch flights and then take a 747(one of the big ones!) to Toronto.  So instead of our anticipated noon arrival in Toronto we will not be landing until 6:50pm this evening.   We are currently trying to print our boarding passes.  We have stood in over 3 lines already and each time we are told to go somewhere else.  The latest info is that they will print them at the gate before we get on the plane.   We have officially walked the entire airport at this point.  The Euros given to us will certainly come in handy today(Thanks Uncle Gene and Tanta Corry!)
Since we have time and we are on the topic of airports I'll describe the return trip until this point.
Arrival at Ethiopian airport. 
Line up for all bags and individuals need to be scanned on entry into the airport.
Line up for check in(Passport check #1).  Luggage belt breaks. Stand in line for 1 1/2hours as they manually transport all luggage from check in to the airplane thus drastically slowing down check in.
Line up for immigration(Passport check #2).  We get to fast track through this one as our plane is to take off in about an hour(otherwise it was at least a 2 hour wait).  Find our gate(there are NO signs in this airport).  Line up for another x-ray screening before our gate.  Found our gate.
Line up to get on plane. Try to get on the plane but apparently we missed a check in?!
Line up for last ticket check(Passport check #3). This last ticket check is directly to the right, again no sign, no line marking and no flow of traffic.
Line up to get on the plane again(Passport check #4).  Finally make it to our seats and airplane miraculously only leaves  45 minutes late.
Fly for 1 1/2hours to Khartoom. First attempt to land we had to pull up right before strip as there was too much crosswind.   Circle around and try again. This time successful.  At this point we have had at least two vomitting incidents in our section of the airplane.  Rest of the flight to Amsterdam fairly quiet as almost everyone slept.

An addition to things I never knew I didn't know:  If an airplane seat gets vomitted on they pull the whole seat cushion off and replace it with a new one they have on board.   Smart.