EXCELLENT!!! From Bill and Ted to Serge Gainsbourg in 12 hours

And so I was on my way. The supsense for this trip has been building and building and true to form, the flight took off about 4 hours late, transforming a 7hour flight into a 12 hour escapade. Actually it was disconcerning how non-chalant the pilotwas when he told us all the following statement, "shhhhhcht (thats the mic coming on) Hey there everyone, just wanted you all to know that were doing our best to get ourselves underway here. Were just waiting for some parts to arrive from the hanger so we can take off....just be patient and we'll get this bird in the air....shhhct!"

:!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't freak out on planes, my father is a pilot, I've flown plenty of times, but when your pilot tells you that he needs to wait for some parts? First of all, I have no idea what they teach these pilots during the 15 minutes they spend in pilot school on announcements, but they must leave out that it's not a good idea to discuss the following...


1. Weapons
2. Airborne Illness on Board , or a terrible cough you're sure you zon't give to the co-pilot because you took some killer cold medicine.
3. Never mention the following word in the same sentence; Parts, fix, mechanical, difficulty, forgot
4. Never use any modals when describing your intentions, (i.e Should, may, could...etc) For example, we should be taking off soon, or It could be nothing, but I forgot my contact-lenses.

So finally when we were airborne, you can imagine my excitement when the meal came. For those of you who don't know, my secret guilty pleasure is airplane food. So when this beautiful platter was presented before me, I was truly excited!
I am not sure what exactly the sauce was but, serioulsy i loved it!

After a short nap I looked out the window to see the following beatiful sight; a sky full of perfect little cream-puff clouds. Its funny that when you have an image of something in your mind, it's funny how sometimes the reality is exactly what you had in mind. The beauty of the painted landscapes beneath the plane lined and boardered with stone hedgerows can be seen from 25,000 ft above and they gave me persepective.
I thought of Hemmingway and Oscar Wilde, and Singer-Sargent who came to Paris by ship and could not gain the perspective I could in the air, but their focus was exponentially finer, which made me realize that this trip is about being prepared to absorb the moments i encounter in a full way, to let the wave crash completely over me. So I decided to take the first night to myself and check into a hotel on my own. And this is what I got for 40 € a night! Not bad. So I dropped the stuff and went for a walk, snapping off pictures like crazy which you can see if you visit the link on the blog. And after hours of walking I came back and had my first real meal while listening to a little Serge to calm the nerves. Enjoy the photos everyone. I am sorry that these letters are few and far between but as you can imagine I don't want to spend all day in this basement of an internet cafe with smelly french video gamers! So check out the links and I'll talk to you all later, next stop BORDEAUX!