In London!

It is currently 5:17am London time, 9:17pm California time, and I assume I am somewhere over the Arctic Circle. I needed a break from Sudoku (I’ve already complete 12, and got stuck on the 13th puzzle), so I figured I would write an entry about the first 5 hours of my flight.
Due to weather problems earlier in the day, traffic control at SFO ran late so we didn’t board the plan until a little after 4pm local time. Once I stepped on this plane I knew it would be a fun flight! Every seat had a blanket, pillow and a flight packet equipped with socks, a toothbrush, and an eye mask for sleeping and the plane only half full. At 4:45 we finally pushed back from the gate, with takeoff coming at 5:07.
When the tv screens finally allowed for browsing after takeoff, I discovered more options than I thought possible! I began by watching the movie The Ugly Truth, followed by watching a Moto GP race from this past season, and an episode of Two And A Half Men. Then I listened to some Jason Aldean and now I have Public Enemies on the screen. I think next I’m going to watch one of the movies Jessica got for me (thanks again so much Jess!), since some of the other options left from British Airways are not real intriguing right now.
Dinner was actually delicious, I thought, for airplane food. Simple, but good. The main entrée was beef, with mashed potatoes, peas, and carrots. There was some funky concoction that I tried but didn’t find it too appeasing. Not quite sure what it was, but at least I tried it. For dessert was some sort of tart, I imagine. It had blueberries in it and was pretty good. I even had the option of a complimentary individual size bottle of wine to go with the meal. I chose a red wine. Then, after dinner was served, flight attendants came around offering coffee or tea. I went with the coffee. Probably two hours or so later, they offered orange juice or water. Not quite sure when, but at some point a breakfast will be served, probably in a few hours.
All in all, I have to say I am every impressed with British Airways. It certainly has passed my expectations for what I was thinking an overseas flight would be. Well, time to wrap this section up. I’ll be continuing on with this after I arrive in London.

Now it’s 4:10 London time, and in a bit we have a gathering of all the study abroad students. The rest of the flight went well, but I didn’t get much sleep. As I’m trying to write this, the exhaustion is starting to kick in, so this part won’t be as detailed as before.
We landed at 10:51am and getting through customs was a breeze. My roommate at the hotel was on the same flight as me, so after we have been hanging out since we landed. After we dropped off our stuff in our room, we went down to the lobby and found some other students, so we all went to a pub for some food and then afterwards we took a nice long hour and a half stroll through the park that’s in our neighborhood.
I’ll write more when I’m less tired and after we’ve gone on our tour in the morning. Love you all!

Pictures will follow later!