Hi kwikhotrod,

It is waiting for the redirect to complete, which is what DavidR wants to see: The actual final address you arrive at would be your clue.

Example: In Opera browser, with VPN active and on, the yahoo homepage appears as thus: https://ca.yahoo.com/?p=us whereas in Firefox, it is this: https://www.yahoo.com/

Both load normally, but both browsers also use adblockers; adblockers can prevent redirections from the intended page you wish to visit.