Sylvia's Journal

I slept from Dubai till Belorus, and then again from Riga till the Norwegian coast and finally from Iceland till Montreal.

Axel was sitting someplace else in the plane and did not sleep much; he had slept in our fancy Dubai hotel after a delicious Japanese dinner and, unlike me, did not board the plane in a state of half sleep.

He had also made the mistake of eating some of the very spicy Indian food that was served in the Delta lounge. I think his gurgling stomach kept him awake; probably not a bad thing I was sitting someplace else.

The last three hours of the ride were the longest. Doing the long 16 hour flight only makes sense if you can get an upgrade to the business class pods. When we return we will fly via Holland, this breaks the trip into more manageable segments.

I gave my upgrade for the last leg of the trip to Axel as an early Christmas present since he did not emerge from the Dubai flight quite as rested as I did and was suffering from back pain.

I am posting this high up in the sky, on the Atlanta to Boston plane thanks to Delta’s wifi campaign that is trying to get me hooked on staying connected all the time, now for free but later for a fee. I think I can live without it but it is nice to read all the emails from Kabul and knowing I don’t have to respond to any. I am on vacation and deleted most of them.