It’s *mumble* o’clock, and we’re somewhere over the Pacific ocean. The flight is not crowded at all. I have a row of seats to myself! I fully intend to stretch out over all three seats later on. I’ll figure out some way to keep my seat-belt on…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even if I didn’t have the luxury of the extra seats, I’d be pretty comfortable. I don’t remember what the seat spacing was like on the previous trans-Pacific flight I took, but I *think* these are further apart than I remember.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I heard a wide range of accents in the boarding area, some familiar, some not. Many interesting-looking people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I was planning to write more than this, but I’m kind of tired. I’ve figured out my watch and it is actually 10:10pm PST and I guess that’s my bedtime, although somewhere during this flight I get to add an extra five hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Air New Zealand in-flight food rating:
\u00a0\u00a0 Dinner: 9 out of 10 (Casserole, yum)
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0After-dinner coffee: -1 (it’s dish-water)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’ve just finished reading the second of three Analog Sci-Fi magazines, and set my watch to local time – which makes it 3:28 am on Monday 12 May. I’m not going to change the time on my laptop, though, and it – like me – actually feels like it is 8:28 am on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I guess we’re about an hour out from landing. (Actually, the video display has just finished a movie and is reporting statistics, include time to arrival: 58min. Hah.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking of movies, according to the schedule in the magazine, one of them should have been “About Schmidt” which I would have made an effort not to sleep through. However, instead, I think we got others that I can’t even remember now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I used the three pillows and rugs from all three seats in my row to make quite the most comfortable bed I’ve ever had on an aeroplane – which isn’t saying much, I know. But despite that, I ended up with a series of short naps filled with bizzare dreams. It’s also freezing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Breakfast was, eh, 5 out of 10. I would have liked some coffee, but as you read previously, they don’t really have any on this flight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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