hello everyone!
I landed in Dubai at 7 p.m. tonight...which is 9 a.m. your time. I'm in the future. It's about the same as the past I guess. Or maybe it's the present?
Anyhoo- lots of good stories to report....
Plane ride:
- Let's pick up where I left off. I'm at my gate. Then I find out I have to switch my continental boarding pass for an emirates one. So I go to the counter to find out that I DON'T HAVE A SEAT! my seat was double booked. And then no one would help me because they didn't know how too, until a nice lady finally took my ticket from the man and did it herself. Further proof that women are smarter than men. =) They had already closed the flight and had to call security to reopen it. But i got a seat and it wound up being better than my first one. So all was well.
- 14 hours is really long when you are in a tiny seat and you can't move your legs and there's a baby crying...no, screaming the whole time. I didn't know a baby could possibly cry for that long, but I now know that it's quite possible. My seatmate was nice, but she spoke very broken English and the flight attendents were worried about her because she refused all three meals and drink stops. The only thing she would take from them was chocolate. I couldn't figure out if she was fasting or if she just eats nothing but chocolate. Interesting.
- Plane movies are AWESOME! There was a whole Disney Classic section. Meghan and Dad, I watched Jungle Book just for you! And I watched Ratatouille....love it!
- Emirates plane food pretty much rocks too...I think i'd fly everyday just to eat it!
Dubai:
- Dubai is huge. The aiport looks like Northpark mall...but nicer. I have a 12 hour layover here and I've found a "quiet" lounge that has reclining chairs to sleep in. I didn't sleep much on the plane, so I plan on taking advantage of that really soon.
- Toilets: oh this is good...first, I have noticed that the concept of a "line" does not exist here. I first encountered this as we were boarding the plane when a "line" was 20 people trying to squeeze through a 2 foot space at one time. Then there's the line in the washroom...oh wait, there's not one. It's a free-for-all. And the best part is that the toilet is a metal hole in the ground. Hmm...all very interesting.
I'm about to get some food from the fast food Indian resturaunt. YUM! And then maybe check the duty free stores. And then definitely sleep some. Hope all is well back in the states!
love,
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