Saturday October 29th (I think!)
It was my first try at sleeping on a plane. There were actually quite a few empty seats so the experienced people pounced right away on the open middle rows. If only I had known!
First class had those seats that are arranged in little pods and can stretch out all the flat. It is a bigger plane than I've ever been on before. It is set up with two seats on the side, four in the middle, and two more on the outside, so those groups of four seats in a row made nice beds. I had two seats to myself and have tried many different sleeping positions, none of them turning out really well. In the end sitting up was the best way to go for me. Once I woke up, it was light out so I could wander around the plane and I saw some creative positions I may try next time!
The clock on the iPad reads 3 in the morning, but it is bright and sunny out right now as we are flying into a new day on the other side of the world. We left Calgary late, not until 8, and so it was dark right from the start, but it was so cloudy that we couldn't see much. At one point though, I woke up and looked out and saw one little clump of lights with maybe 2 more within eyesight far below me. When I checked the flight map it said we were just coming up on Iceland. Once the lights passed, all I could see of the ground below was the slightest shade of gray amid all the black where light was reflecting off tons of large islands of snow or ice. It was really cool!
Then I looked out and there were so many stars! I didn't have to look up at them it was like we were flying right in them. They looked closer than I have ever felt. It was great!
We will be landing soon and Jonathan and Leanne Hooper are going to meet us and take us to see some sights during our ten hour lay over. It's like getting a sneak peek at a whole new country for free!
Talk again soon,
Mom/Shalina
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