Okay, so let me catch you guys up on what has been going on... I have been running around like mad!
Tuesday February 16, 2010
I wake up late of course, as it is the morning of my first flight out to Atlanta, so I rush into the shower and frantically throw the remaining items I needed into my bags. Yes, bags... I packed two to check and one carry on... 6 months is a long time!! Quickly, I made my comfort breakfast of hot tea and toast with nutella (yum!! ps... I'm absolutely delighted to see that they have nutella here... but not exactly ready to have it on my pizza - strange..) Jumping into the car and ready to jet off to the airport, I of course, spill half of my hot tea on my slacks. Great. My morning gets EVEN better :)
I choke back the tears as I say my goodbyes to my mom at LAX airport. Hurrying, I rush to the check-in stands and grab my ticket and drop off my two heavy bags - barely made the weight limit... whoops!! I turn to look at the security line and nearly have a heart attack! It's already 9:30 am and the security line is literally out of the doors of the airport and people are in line on the sidewalk!! Mind you that my flight is at 11am! Plus I am flying stand-by as a non-rev... not looking so good!!
10:52 I make it out of my security line and run to my gate - in high heels. Let me tell you how difficult it is to run in high heels on that slick floor, I nearly fell about 15 times, but if I was walking it would have probably been the same! The second I get to the gate, my name is called and I have been cleared for my flight. I call my aunt Jewdee to let her know I am on my way and will see her in Atlanta, as long as she clears her flight as well!!
I watched two movies on my flight to Atlanta then met Jewdee and Giorgio at the baggage claim, we were spending the night in Atlanta tonight and leaving to Rome the following afternoon. We dropped my bags off at the hotel, and after I quickly changed out of my slacks and heels and into my much more prefered skinny jeans and boots, we left for dinner at a local diner.
I could not sleep at all - Rome is in my reach!!
Wednesday February 17, 2010
Ah, how nice it is to make it on this flight, and in first class at that!! I am greeted as soon as I sit down in my huge reclining seat with a delicious champagne that tasted of fresh green apples. And dinner was amazing..I am sitting here with Giorgio - a friend of my cousin Randy who came to escort Jewdee and I.
I had to take a picture of the food because I have never EVER had such nice food prepared so pretty on a flight! And I needed proof for my mom :)
First Course - Asian flavored salmon with soybean and seaweed salad, cream of asparagus soup, and a Greek salad of feta cheese, tomatoes, cucumber, olives and basalmic dressing.
Main Course - Mahi-Mahi topped with lemon butter sauce and served with asparagus and paella rice.
And of course, how could I forget, a delightful Bordeaux that had scents of cedar, wet gravel, vanilla and autumn leaves, along with velvety tannins and dark cassis fruit flavor - at least, that is what the wine description told me! Haha, I will one day learn how to describe wines, just not today!
I slept for 2 hours on this 10 hour flight, and watched 4 movies... a bit rediculous huh? I think so... of course I chose to watch the horrifying Paranormal Activity and couldn't sleep!
But, I watched the sun rise on the decent into Rome while eating my breakfast of granola cereal, strawberries and coffee. My heart has begun to race! I cannot wait to get off this plane!!
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