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I always enjoy seeing your pictures when you travel first class as it's just such a luxury The drinks were a great way to kick off the trip and the food looked wonderful! Watching a movie does make the time go so much quicker on a plane but flying first class would make me want to slow down the experience some what!!!
My gosh! What a meal! That's a far cry from the pretzels and soda I'm used to. Of course, on our overseas flights we've had a bit better, but nothing like what you got.
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This is just fantastic. I'm loving all the details! Definitely the way to travel for long distances. Good for you - I'm glad you're taking advantage of the drinks! That's what it's there for. Bummer you didn't have much to see with all the cloud cover, but you're being well taken care of so I guess that doesn't matter too much anyway.
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I always enjoy seeing your pictures when you travel first class as it's just such a luxury
Oh it is - and even more so when you don't have to pay for it!
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The drinks were a great way to kick off the trip and the food looked wonderful! Watching a movie does make the time go so much quicker on a plane but flying first class would make me want to slow down the experience some what!!!
My gosh! What a meal! That's a far cry from the pretzels and soda I'm used to. Of course, on our overseas flights we've had a bit better, but nothing like what you got.
That's why I always recommend Virgin Atlantic. Ok, so you don't get quite that food in economy, but it's still good (so I hear ) compared to many other airlines.
That sure looks like the way to travel! Where did the flight attendant find you the mozzarella salad after saying it was off the menu?
She found another passenger willing to give it up - apparently as they were higher ranked than us on points, they got the option of taking the points for no salad being available before we did. Boo....
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What a pleasant meal - especially considering you're on a plane!! Too bad about the miles, though. Heck, I'd give up the whole meal if the number was right!
What a pleasant meal - especially considering you're on a plane!! Too bad about the miles, though. Heck, I'd give up the whole meal if the number was right!
Saturday 10 September – part four: I never sleep properly on a plane…
After we were done with lunch, we both asked for our seats to be turned into beds – go to love this! I am so sorry I didn’t get a photo of the seat as a bed, I had put the camera underneath to allow her to do it, and if I’m honest, I was desperate to get some sleep. I went to sleep at 11:45am EST, thinking “I’ll just doze at best”, as despite having a bed, I never properly sleep. Wow, I was wrong this trip!
I slept properly, and I know this, because the irritating problem with numbness in my hands recurred, first in the left, so I moved, then shortly later in the right. Ugh! On both occasions, I had to wake myself up (I can feel it happening and it does wake me up) and move to stop it. I ended up asking our stewardess if it could be noted for our return trip that I require an extra pillow, as I figured that might do the trick.
We also had two bouts of turbulence during that time. During the first, I just went straight back to sleep again, but during the second – ugh! When the announcement first came that the captain had put the seatbelt sign on, I was a bit like “what?” and I heard someone else ask the crew why, as it was calm as anything. However, he knew what he was doing, as about three or four minutes later, we did hit turbulence. I knew I wasn’t going to go back to sleep after that, and I put my glasses back on, and ended up lying there, wondering if we’d ever be able to get the beds back to seats. At one point, I saw a crew member walking up the cabin, clinging on to the overhead lockers, so as not to fall, that’s how severe it was.
Thankfully, it did subside, maybe 10-15 minutes, but the seatbelt light stayed on. By now, we were both desperate for a restroom visit, so we spoke to the stewardess about it, and of course got the typical line that she couldn’t tell us we could get up and about. About a minute later, the sign finally went off, and you can guess where we went…
We were then served afternoon tea…
… although I had a close call. I said I didn’t eat meat, and I ended up with salmon, which I took a bite of, but thankfully looked at the other one and realised it was meat before I bit into it. I very quickly had some veggie options appear. However, it was definitely a case of “eyes bigger than belly”, as there was no way I could eat all of this. I was absolutely stuffed. Far too much food!
By now, we were flying over Canada, and I managed to get a couple of shots of the view below…
I also managed to get some shots over Maine, including the coastline, although it was still quite cloudy…
Unfortunately then we were back into the clouds, and we saw nothing again until we were close to Boston, which was a shame…
We had been told that the Boston skyline would be clearly visible before we came into land on the right hand side of the plane. Can you guess which side of the plane we were on? Yup, you got it… left! However, I didn’t do badly just as we literally came into land…
There were even two cruise ships in port…
It was quite funny, as Mark pointed them out to me later in the taxi, and I was like “yep, I know – I took a photo of them from the plane!”
Finally we were on the ground, although we taxied for some time, as you do at all major airports these days, so I took the opportunity to get some more shots…
Awesome that you were able to sleep! I know you struggle with that. (me too, mind you I've yet to try it in first class.... )
I love that you got afternoon tea!! That's so cool. Looked delicious too!
Great shots of Boston - with that nap on the plane, I'm thinking you weren't too tired yet?
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The drinks were a great way to kick off the trip and the food looked wonderful! Watching a movie does make the time go so much quicker on a plane but flying first class would make me want to slow down the experience some what!!!
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Good for you - I'm glad you're taking advantage of the drinks! 
That's what it's there for. Bummer you didn't have much to see with all the cloud cover, but you're being well taken care of so I guess that doesn't matter too much anyway. 
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I love the stewardess photobomb!!
I am so sorry I didn’t get a photo of the seat as a bed, I had put the camera underneath to allow her to do it, and if I’m honest, I was desperate to get some sleep. I went to sleep at 11:45am EST, thinking “I’ll just doze at best”, as despite having a bed, I never properly sleep. Wow, I was wrong this trip! 
On both occasions, I had to wake myself up (I can feel it happening and it does wake me up) and move to stop it. I ended up asking our stewardess if it could be noted for our return trip that I require an extra pillow, as I figured that might do the trick. 
When the announcement first came that the captain had put the seatbelt sign on, I was a bit like “what?” and I heard someone else ask the crew why, as it was calm as anything. However, he knew what he was doing, as about three or four minutes later, we did hit turbulence. I knew I wasn’t going to go back to sleep after that, and I put my glasses back on, and ended up lying there, wondering if we’d ever be able to get the beds back to seats. At one point, I saw a crew member walking up the cabin, clinging on to the overhead lockers, so as not to fall, that’s how severe it was. 
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