Blog from the plane!

Here's my dawn blog, from the plane. According to this cool screen tracking thing we're just south of iceland right now. The sun is rising but I can't watch it directly because we closed all the windows and opening it would wake the guy across the aisle. There is however a camera mounted to the nose of the plane and to the bottom of the plane, and we can watch the world on these little jetblue-like screens. Also, my dinner was super cute. The last time I had a meal on a plane I think I was 6 or so, flying to California. All I remember was everything was plastic wrapped and we had plastic utensils. None of that for us flying Swiss; thank you! I realize that airplane meals are not new nor big news for most people I know, but this is my first time out of the country (!) and I found my meal so exciting that I took a picture of it.

It was also so exciting that I spilled tomato sauce on my pants AND initially didn't realize something important about the salad so had ranch dressing revealed to me that plastic wrap was, in fact, there.

Speaking of excitement, I can't wait to get there. I land in Zurich in about three and a half hours (it's 2:45 a.m. in pacific time right now); wow it's -59 C outside-just read the flight info. It's 11:45 a.m. in Zurich (and Paris and Granada) at the moment.

Based on Brian's absence from the blog since he arrived two days ago, I'm guessing I won't have time/the opportunity to blog anytime soon, hence the plane thing. But here are my thoughts at the moment/for the past few days/weeks:

1.) AAAAH I'm going to France aaaaah aaaaah aaaaaaaaaah!

2.) Hmm maybe I should study some French. I'll have time later.

3.) AAAAH France!

4.) Oh I know I'll watch a French movie (13 tzemeti was really good, and I liked la memoires des autres, though the subtitles translated the title as 'the moon over the snow'? also, i watched that on the plane. also the plane has numb3rs, simpsons, arrested development, and a host of newish movies)

5.) AAAAH.

AAAAH can be translated as excitement about travel/nervousness about meeting people/pure fear of french/anticipation of everything.

If it wouldn't wake up people on the plane, I'd so take a picture right now. It's a very empty flight; everyone in the middle is sprawled out and us on the sides are as well. Right now the woman in front of me is walking her baby up and down the aisles, which is cute. The guy across the plane did a few of those flirty looks and look-aways, then smiles earlier. Probably because I'm the only female nearby around college age.

Anyway, that's that from the plane. Looks like I wrote a lot considering nothing's happened. I imagine when I start actually doing stuff there'll be more pictures and less words. Til then, adios! I meant, au revoir!

Also, I've safely arrived in Paris, but don't have time to write now.