8-19 to 8-21
Happy Birthday Bro!
Flew from Denver to LAX where I met up with good friend Jeff, who had just asked Steph to marry him earlier that week. So we went out for a beer to celebrate.
The 15 hour flight from LA to Melbourne was actually pretty nice. It was on one of those new huge double decker planes with Quantas. Good service, good food, free alcohol, and over 180 movies to choose from on the personal screen.
Met up with co-worker Gabe in Melbourne and we hung out until our flight to Christchuch. New Zealand was pretty much socked in by clouds, but a few of the bigger peaks and their glaciers stuck up above the clouds and were gorgeous. All the Ice people (due to American Airlines) had their bags lost, so hopefully we will get them tomorrow
Bc of bad weather in Antarctica, the flight today down there had boomeranged (flown all the way there but returned without landing bc of safety). A boomerang flight kind of sucks bc it means you are on the plane for 9 hours. 9 hours on a commercial intl flight isn't too bad bc you have food and drinks and movies. But on a military plane you don't have seats that recline, don't have much food, are wearing earplugs bc of the noise, don't have windows. Also heard that on the first boomerang flight the toilets got filled up on the way there so coming back no one could pee unless you had brought a pee bottle with you! So not very nice. Bc of the boomerang, the people that were supposed to be in ANtarctica today are still in christchurch so I got moved to a different hotel. It's very nice. 3 rooms! Free wifi and hot tub. And the lady at the front desk was so sweet. She gave me a big bottle of "trim" milk, which made my day and bc I didn't have my bag, I asked her if she had toothpaste and toothbrush from the hotel. The hotel didn't but she told me her partner had recently flown on Emirates and hadn't used the toothbrush and toothpaste so she gave me that. She also gave me an adapter as Elisha still has mine. I headed out on the town to get some fish and chips tonight as well.
8-22 Went through orientation and safety and all that. Felt like a returning year at college. A bit nervous but then seeing all your old friends again made you all excited and happy. Hung out with Jeff after the orientation and worked on booking a ski trip. Then went out to some famous Christchurch bar at night with Abe, Jeff, and Gavin
Happy Birthday Bro!
Flew from Denver to LAX where I met up with good friend Jeff, who had just asked Steph to marry him earlier that week. So we went out for a beer to celebrate.
The 15 hour flight from LA to Melbourne was actually pretty nice. It was on one of those new huge double decker planes with Quantas. Good service, good food, free alcohol, and over 180 movies to choose from on the personal screen.
Met up with co-worker Gabe in Melbourne and we hung out until our flight to Christchuch. New Zealand was pretty much socked in by clouds, but a few of the bigger peaks and their glaciers stuck up above the clouds and were gorgeous. All the Ice people (due to American Airlines) had their bags lost, so hopefully we will get them tomorrow
Bc of bad weather in Antarctica, the flight today down there had boomeranged (flown all the way there but returned without landing bc of safety). A boomerang flight kind of sucks bc it means you are on the plane for 9 hours. 9 hours on a commercial intl flight isn't too bad bc you have food and drinks and movies. But on a military plane you don't have seats that recline, don't have much food, are wearing earplugs bc of the noise, don't have windows. Also heard that on the first boomerang flight the toilets got filled up on the way there so coming back no one could pee unless you had brought a pee bottle with you! So not very nice. Bc of the boomerang, the people that were supposed to be in ANtarctica today are still in christchurch so I got moved to a different hotel. It's very nice. 3 rooms! Free wifi and hot tub. And the lady at the front desk was so sweet. She gave me a big bottle of "trim" milk, which made my day and bc I didn't have my bag, I asked her if she had toothpaste and toothbrush from the hotel. The hotel didn't but she told me her partner had recently flown on Emirates and hadn't used the toothbrush and toothpaste so she gave me that. She also gave me an adapter as Elisha still has mine. I headed out on the town to get some fish and chips tonight as well.
8-22 Went through orientation and safety and all that. Felt like a returning year at college. A bit nervous but then seeing all your old friends again made you all excited and happy. Hung out with Jeff after the orientation and worked on booking a ski trip. Then went out to some famous Christchurch bar at night with Abe, Jeff, and Gavin
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