T-Minus 2 hours from Shanghai. We’re cruising at about 36,000 feet right now
and our flight is expected to arrive a few minutes after 2:00PM Shanghai time
(1:00AMEST). The flight over to China
has already been an experience. After
shedding a few tears with my parents, the lovely lady at check-in informed me
that this 15,000+ mile round trip journey would almost be good for one free
domestic flight with Continental. Love
that!
As I
approached my gate, I got a little primer of what city life in Shanghai will be
like. The gate was packed! Not only that, when they called first and
business class for boarding, the entire gate stood up and went to the line as
if we could all get on the plane. A few
bold Chinese almost walked straight onto the plane without having their
boarding pass checked, at which point they practically called in security for
crowd control.
On another note, I recently picked
up a pair of Bose QC15 headphones, which were literally my savior on this
flight. Even if you aren’t listening to
music, you flip these headphones on and you’re in your own world. I crashed right out for the first 6 hours of
the flight, and I’m feeling pretty charged up to meet the rest of the Alliance
crew later this afternoon.
Entering
survival mode now.
Every one thinks that they are good enough to sit up front with me. Back of the plane you silly foreigners.
ReplyDeleteGood to see you made it. Do us proud.