Sunday, September 6, 2009

I'm Here!

  Right now I am sitting in my hotel room, watching a movie, chatting with Adrienne, and drinking a cup of tea.  I landed at 4 this morning and it is currently 7:15 in the evening.  A lot of things have already happened since I left Minnesota, and it seems unreal.

  My flights were not nearly as bad as I thought.  I really thought that I made the wrong decision when work gave me the option of going business class or coach & a bonus.  Walking past their little thrones on my way to the back of the plane, I had some buyers remorse.  But now that I'm here, I am happy that I decided to be cheap and take the little bonus.  Although the trip from Chicago was a little tight, I was able to get a little sleep and was able to get up and stretch the legs quite often.  The trip from London to Bangalore was longer, but better because I had an empty seat next to me & was able to get my lounge on.

  A great thing about British Airways is that each seat has an individual screen with on demand movies.  I wasn't forced to watch any bad movies (e.g. Hannah Montana) & I could watch movies when I wanted to.  Also, they provide wine with dinner at no extra charge & complimentary beer or wine with beverage service.  The Brits know how to do it.

  All in all, I am very pleased with my adventure so far.  The room is comfortable, I was able to talk to Adrienne right when I got here, and nothing has gone wrong yet.  I am going to grab a small bite to eat with Paul in a little while and then I'm going to try to sleep some more so I can be rested for our trip to Mysore in the morning.  Here are some pictures of some of what I've seen so far.

My lunch at Gordon Ramsay's Plane Food at Heathrow.  An amazingly delicate salmon & haddock fish cake with Harissa mayonaisse.  That guy can scream AND cook.
My room.  (I'm sitting in that exact chair right now)
The view from my balcony.  That is Mahatma Gandhi road.
The amazing room service meal I got.  Chicken, flat bread, & beet stained onions.  Mmmm.

2 comments:

Nicole said...

Sounds great! It's funny you should say you didn't watch Hannah Montana since I know that's what Adrienne was watching at home (It's Miley!).

I want that fish cake.

Adrienne said...

It's MILEY!!!! YAY!