Leaving on a jet plane
Tue May 26, 2009 16:04 (UTC -5)I’m here at Orlando International Airport with Andy, Mark, and Dan. Andy and I made the trip here together courtesy of my family. I thought it would be a good idea to take the same flight out and back even if we’re splitting into groups during our adventures around the continent.
The weather was pretty nice earlier, but it got rainy and disgusting pretty suddenly. I went through security and everything fine, but it was nice to be with a more experienced traveler. I’ve only been on a plane once (well, a round trip) five years ago. (August 2004, if you want to check the archives).
Since we’re flying from Orlando to London after a holiday weekend, the only other people on our flight are sunburned Britons with Mickey Mouse t-shirts. Well, there are a lot of them. We’re flying on a Boeing 747, which is supposed to be a pretty sweet airplane. It’s going to be an eight-hour flight; it’ll be 7 AM when we arrive in London, but we’ll think it’s 2 AM. Yay jetlag!
Anyway, it looks like the flight won’t be delayed despite the rainy weather. I should be getting on soon.
If you’re interested in following this trip from another angle, you may be interested in Andy’s YouTube channel or, for the concurrent leg of the trip, Mark’s blog. Let Europe ’09 begin!
4 comments
#1 by Andrea: Tue May 26, 2009 19:11 (UTC -5)
gross. Brits. Don’t catch anything from them. <3 come back safe and sound!
#2 by Claire: Wed May 27, 2009 05:09 (UTC -5)
Have fun!
#3 by Sandi: Thu May 28, 2009 07:36 (UTC -5)
Hi Jordon,
Hope you have a great time! I met a guy from London last night who said there is no tipping there and suggested that you check out Time Out Magazine for all the cool places, music, and stuff to do.
Best wishes,
Sandi
#4 by Jordon Kalilich: Thu May 28, 2009 15:48 (UTC -5)
Thanks for the info, Sandi. I was pretty sure there was no tipping, which is good because we went to a restaurant today and didn’t leave a tip.