Europe 2004 Day 1

Today was pretty short, what with flying 500+ mph away from the setting sun all day. I checked in online yesterday, and was carrying everything on, so my Mom just dropped me off at the airport and I walked right up to security, made it through relatively quickly, found the gate, and cooled my heels for a bit before boarding the plane. The flight into PDX was a bit late, so we were as well, but nothing terrible.

I had a window seat, which would have been better had there been less cloud cover. But I can assure you that Montana, North Dakota, and Minnesota look awfully snowy right now. I got into Minneapolis and made a beeline for the connecting flight, on the other side of the airport. Luckily, unlike PDX, you can get from one side to the other in MSP without leaving security. They had been boarding already when I arrived, but I wasn't too late... I guess they just start boarding DC-10's earlier since there are so many people.

My seat was awesome. I love my travel agent so much! It was in the front of the cabin, with about 5 feet between my seat and the bulkhead. Tons of legroom, which is nice for a 8+ hour flight. We left Minneapolis and headed north over Canada toward Greenland.

January 15, 2004 11:59 PM

Comments (1)

01/16: Trevor said:

Since that's the end of your post, I assume you found an Internet cafe in Greenland?