Warning to any readers, I do usually keep a travel diary, but never before have I made those diaries public. But the diary is for my benefit, not yours. So apologies if I bore you with the mundane sometimes, but I want to read back in years to come and be reminded of the things I had forgotten about, mundane or not.
So here goes, just a few random notes about the trip so far:
Left the house this morning, got a text to say flight had been delayed half an hour. Mild panic attack before the brain registered that it was only half an hour and that was still plenty of time to make the connecting flight.
On the flight to Sydney, sitting adjacent me and Ros, was a mother and toddler. I was pleasantly surprised about how placid this child was. No tears with cabin pressure; no issues with boredom; no hassling mum the entire flight and; no interaction with other passengers. I didn't hear any other children on the flight either, so you can imagine my surprise when, the plane landed and the mother got up and I saw she had another child on the other side of her, also under the age 3! To whom does one credit such behavior? Mother or child, (nature vs nurture)? Both? I'm sure many parents would love to know the answer.
Astoundingly, I have realised that on the international leg, that I haven't heard one child cry or whinge, and there is at least one baby on board. Wow!
So anyway, Ros, for some unknown reason decided to put all her toiletries in her carry on luggage. This is quite a mystery to me because only weeks ago she reminded me that you can only have a small bag with no more than 100ml bottles of liquid in each. So when we got to Sydney we did a bit of re-arranging of bottle contents into smaller bottles, but that cost us time. Went through to the international airport, decided to grab a bite to eat, seemingly unaware of the time... And all I can say is, lucky the flight to SF was delayed, else I doubt very much we would be on it!
Going through the bag check was still a debacle, they confiscated one of Ros' bottles, but allowed her to put some bottles in my bag, so the rest came through. Much to Ros' relief.
I don't like when the seatbelt sign comes on mid flight.
I think economy is luxurious. I can't begin to imagine what those people in first class are doing with all that room. Then again, I'm sure none of them will be undergoing a hip replacement on arrival.
We are flying United, so all the crew have American accents. That put a big smile on my face when I first heard it, but I really dont know how I'll cope when I'm surrounded by it, all day every day.
Watched Arthur with Russell Brand, that killed some time. And just finished watching a movie I think was called Thankyoupleasemore....but I can't be sure of that. I enjoyed it despite it being a chick flick. I forgot to load movies on my iPad so I had little choice.
Who invented noise cancelling headphones? Bloody genius.
I will post this uneventful piece of writing when I get some wireless connectivity... Whenever that will be.
Are we there yet?
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Hey Nina
Can relate to some of this re: flights. Except my flight had a teething baby, and a snoring man. They worked out a roster, so the baby would scream for an hour and a half ( the poor thing ), then as soon as it stopped the man would snore. And so on. Aaarrghh ! I did all that research on airlines, the best seat, best itinerary etc. Turns out it is the other passengers that can make the trip hell ! Saw it all - people reclining violently when the person behind was eating dinner, a guy who got up every 30 mins throughout the night flight to get his bag out from the overhead locker and rummage violently though it, he also got up as the plane was taxiing to take off, I could go on for hours. And I didn't sleep a wink either, will definitely look into sleeping tablets the next time I travel. Hope the jetlag has worn off, can't wait to hear about your adventures in New York.
Sal :)
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