I'm here!

And what a journey it's been!

Check-in at USAirways took and hour and Security took a half an hour. The plane got delayed leaving Orlando and then we were in a holding pattern for 30 minutes so I had to pull an OJ in the Philly airport, running to the farthest gate in the next concourse over--with 5 minutes to spare! The nice part of the Orlando to Philly flight was that at one point I looked out the window and lo and behold, it was none other than the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel directly underneath.

The flight to Paris was not good. I was not feeling well and it could probably be attributed to many things:
-I was flustered when I boarded, having run almost the length of the airport.
-I hadn't taken my Dramamine yet, afraid I wouldn't make the connection in Philly because it makes me sleepy.
-Nerves (Am I really doing this?)
-I had way too much water on the last plane making me feel quite full.
-The one that put me over the edge was the plate of rare (raw tuna) they set in front of me for dinner. I had to ask them to take it away because it wasn't helping. I even tried a little of the rice from the cucumber sushi, but I was way past food by then.

After taking the Dramamine, I was able to get to sleep pretty easily watching a movie (just like at home.)

I met a nice guy on the flight named Simon (I think he's French) and he was invaluable in directing me to Terminal 2 in Paris once we landed. Thank goodness, because Orbitz for Business doesn't give you information about any shuttles you need to take.

I got to relax in the AirFrance lounge and have pain (bread) and cafe long. I am not sure exactly what that is but it was basically coffee.

The trip from Paris to Bangalore was pretty cool. The first class seats recline all the way and they had flight tracking on the video screen. I didn't realize our route would take us somewhere between Baghdad and Tehran! They also had a camera mounted on the front of the plane so we could see the landscape on take-off and landing.

Peggy was at the airport to greet me, as was Avinash and his wife Salmer (did I get that right?) The driver, Ramesh drove us to the apt and said to call him if we need him tomorrow (today? what day is it?)

I will stay in this apt. tonight, but will move to another closer to Peggy's apartment tomorrow. There are 7 floors between us and I don't want to trus the elevator because of power outages.

Well, time to get some shuteye. We are going to Brunch tomorrow (today?) at one of the hotels and I will get to see Bangalore in daylight for the first time.