Friday, June 3 6:45 am (feels like Ohio time Thurs. 6:45 pm)
As I write this, we've been in the air for our LA to China flight for approximately 2 hours and I have to say, it hasn't been bad at all. I will try to jot how I feel about 11 hours from now - we land in Shanghai in about 12 hours.
The day started out a little stressfully. Despite Greg having called to make our Continental seat assignments, we checked in to find that the flight was overbooked and we had no seats, so were technically flying standby, along with one other EAC couple. EAC was called and you could practically hear them go into full-alert mode - Bwoop, bwoop - sirens blaring. I was fully prepared to cry on cue, but fortunately, there were sufficient volunteers and we got seats with no problem.
Landing in LA, it was overcast, and my immediate impression was - "I have to pee, my head hurts, and I'm hungry." One bathroom, three Excedrin, and a fish taco later, all was right with my world again.
We got onto the China Eastern flight uneventfully, and here I sit, making my first entry. The flight so far has been fine. Our EAC mates all seem very nice; everyone is as excited as we are. We all stared at the toddlers and babies on this flight going to China with their families and "Aaaaw'd" as one.
6/3 - 5:40 pm (5:40 am Ohio time)
Well, we have about an hour to go until we land in Shanghai, and even then it's not done - then we have a 2 hour flight to Beijing. But having weathered 11 hours in the air, I have to say, I thought I was going to feel a lot worse than I do. The plane has actually been fine. The seats don't have the little tvs, but they have POWER, so that I could plug in my Palm Pilot and play marathon Scrabble with Greg. Current tally: Greg 1, Toddie 1, Tie 1. We did manage to sleep a few hours as well. Food was healthy and yummy. So until tomorrow, zai jian (goodbye).
Saturday 7:00 am
Just a quick update – we do not have our cell phone yet, Penny and Bill and Will, we will call as soon as we get the phone and/or figure out how to use the international line from our room!
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at 7:25 PM EDT