So, I began my trip to Hyderabad at 7am this morning doing last minute packing. I ran to the office gathered up my laptop, copies of all my travel documents, and plenty of mp3 files (hehehe least I’m not streaming the music Eric). After I got everything together I got over to the airport to catch my flight from Austin to D.C. at 11:40am. Any one like tiny planes? I bet you all would have loved the United Express Jet from Austin. The flight wasn’t bad… of course I couldn’t really tell you since I slept the whole way YIPEE!!!
Once in DC I had a little over 3 hours before my next flight to Frankfurt, Germany, so my parents came to have a late lunch. That was fun. I had what I believe is my last taste of beef until November. L I’ll make do. I’m really looking forward to trying all the new food in India. Apparently Hyderabad is well known throughout the world for its cuisine. I’ll definitely have more information on this subject as my trip progresses. In fact, I’ll try to include a quick snippet about what food I’ve been having on each of my blog entries.
The flight to Frankfurt was uneventful. Ate some bad chicken dish being served. Though I think I did give myself some amazing travel karma by giving up my aisle seat for one in the very middle of the plane. Yeah, I went from total free access to no access. Luckily I didn’t have to get up for anything. The food was pretty good… Ok I’ll be honest … it was edible. The Frankfurt airport, now that was an adventure. I arrive knowing that I need to check in to my flight and get a new boarding pass, so I find the counter and get in line get my ticket and directions to my gate. I end up having to go through TWO passport checks and security to get to my gate. Apparently, unlike the US, there are two levels of security at the airport in Frankfurt. I don’t know if that is common place in Europe, or I’m just lucky. So, after the passport checks and security screening, I walk all the way across the airport to my gate proceed to mill about the shops near the gate. Lots and lots of unlocked cell phones, I think I may end up getting a new phone before I get back. When I returned to the gate, everyone was standing in this giant circular line getting “checked in” to the flight. It was really interesting, instead of doing it as you went down through the gate, they check you in to the seating area. Then we rode a bus over to our GIANT plane and got all ready for the 10 flight to Hyderabad, India YIPEE!
The flight to India was really uneventful other than the TV in Hindi, all announcements done in German, French, English, and one time I could’ve sworn they were speaking Spanish. All the stewards spoke German which was cool. This time I got two meals… man they were barely edible. I made it out alive though.
The two coolest things that happened on this flight was the sunset as we were entering India. It was awesome. I took two pictures (didn’t have a window seat otherwise I would have taken a bunch more), but I don’t think they really captured how amazing it looked. Everything was black and then there was this really bright streak of color across the horizon that looked like a rainbow except brighter than you’ve ever seen. And if you looked up slightly to the left you could see the crescent moon. It was awesome. I couldn’t get the moon in on the shots of the sunset… sorry guys. The other cool thing was as we were nearing Hyderabad, the flight was a little rough. Not bouncing all around, just some serious vibrations and then suddenly everything went perfectly still. It was hard to even hear the engines. It was one of the coolest things I’ve ever experienced while flying. I felt like we were on a giant paper airplane floating through the sky.
Ok, that’s enough for the first entry. I’ll tell you about the hotel room and my first impressions of India in my next entry.
Once in DC I had a little over 3 hours before my next flight to Frankfurt, Germany, so my parents came to have a late lunch. That was fun. I had what I believe is my last taste of beef until November. L I’ll make do. I’m really looking forward to trying all the new food in India. Apparently Hyderabad is well known throughout the world for its cuisine. I’ll definitely have more information on this subject as my trip progresses. In fact, I’ll try to include a quick snippet about what food I’ve been having on each of my blog entries.
The flight to Frankfurt was uneventful. Ate some bad chicken dish being served. Though I think I did give myself some amazing travel karma by giving up my aisle seat for one in the very middle of the plane. Yeah, I went from total free access to no access. Luckily I didn’t have to get up for anything. The food was pretty good… Ok I’ll be honest … it was edible. The Frankfurt airport, now that was an adventure. I arrive knowing that I need to check in to my flight and get a new boarding pass, so I find the counter and get in line get my ticket and directions to my gate. I end up having to go through TWO passport checks and security to get to my gate. Apparently, unlike the US, there are two levels of security at the airport in Frankfurt. I don’t know if that is common place in Europe, or I’m just lucky. So, after the passport checks and security screening, I walk all the way across the airport to my gate proceed to mill about the shops near the gate. Lots and lots of unlocked cell phones, I think I may end up getting a new phone before I get back. When I returned to the gate, everyone was standing in this giant circular line getting “checked in” to the flight. It was really interesting, instead of doing it as you went down through the gate, they check you in to the seating area. Then we rode a bus over to our GIANT plane and got all ready for the 10 flight to Hyderabad, India YIPEE!The flight to India was really uneventful other than the TV in Hindi, all announcements done in German, French, English, and one time I could’ve sworn they were speaking Spanish. All the stewards spoke German which was cool. This time I got two meals… man they were barely edible. I made it out alive though.
The two coolest things that happened on this flight was the sunset as we were entering India. It was awesome. I took two pictures (didn’t have a window seat otherwise I would have taken a bunch more), but I don’t think they really captured how amazing it looked. Everything was black and then there was this really bright streak of color across the horizon that looked like a rainbow except brighter than you’ve ever seen. And if you looked up slightly to the left you could see the crescent moon. It was awesome. I couldn’t get the moon in on the shots of the sunset… sorry guys. The other cool thing was as we were nearing Hyderabad, the flight was a little rough. Not bouncing all around, just some serious vibrations and then suddenly everything went perfectly still. It was hard to even hear the engines. It was one of the coolest things I’ve ever experienced while flying. I felt like we were on a giant paper airplane floating through the sky.Ok, that’s enough for the first entry. I’ll tell you about the hotel room and my first impressions of India in my next entry.
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I didn't know that you had such great writing skills! I'm so proud!
love you, li'l bro.
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