Friday, February 03, 2006
Travelling to Europe
Our flight to Barcelona was the 18th and 19th flight sectors of our 23 sector expeditions, but befpre we got on that flight we had 36 hours of our 78 hours of scheduled flying time left to fly.
I am still very unused to flying business class, so it was a big thrill to be upgraded, and especially nice as we delayed boarding for an hour then sat on the tarmac for an hour and a half while they fiddled with the electrical system (or something). We got drinks and settled ourselves in to our big comfy chairs while cattle class just got cramps.
The only thing I did wrong was take a half a sleeping pill to try to adjust to the new time zone. It zonked me out totally till several hours after the flight was over - not to be recommended for me in future!
Other than that it was all very straight forward, and we enjoyed a couple of movies and excellent food. Iberia has a very good inflight entertainment system (but pretty ordinary lounges).
I am still very unused to flying business class, so it was a big thrill to be upgraded, and especially nice as we delayed boarding for an hour then sat on the tarmac for an hour and a half while they fiddled with the electrical system (or something). We got drinks and settled ourselves in to our big comfy chairs while cattle class just got cramps.
The only thing I did wrong was take a half a sleeping pill to try to adjust to the new time zone. It zonked me out totally till several hours after the flight was over - not to be recommended for me in future!
Other than that it was all very straight forward, and we enjoyed a couple of movies and excellent food. Iberia has a very good inflight entertainment system (but pretty ordinary lounges).
