We got up early and took the hotel shuttle over to the airport and tried our hand at getting a good breakfast this time, finally found that fabled McDonalds which was shocking, the food was quite different.
After that we boarded the plane which had a stopover in Shannon, Ireland for a few minutes, however it ended up being ridiculous-- they had us all get off the plane, go back through customs with all our stuff, then get BACK on the plane and re-takeoff. It was rather annoying. However, the plane was worth it! It was one of two models in the Aer Lingus line that had computers built in to each seat! I watched movies and played games the whole ride home! I watched Obsessed, Kn0wing (The latter of which sucked), and played some strange little games. After what seemed like forever we landed in Chicago, however, as it so happens to me on long flights, I wasn't feeling good, so I was dropped at home while everyone went out to eat, I was quite angry to discover that my computer had decided to break somehow, I would go into technical stuff but it'd bore everyone, so I'll just say it took about a week to fix, and by that time I'd forgotten all about updating this blog!
So in retrospect, Scotland was a ton of fun, but I don't want to do it again any time soon unless they discover a way to magically teleport you from Chicago to Scotland-- I HATE long flights!
It sounds like you had great entertainment in your plane, but I agree long flights are not fun.
ReplyDeleteI fly from Dublin to the states regularly and the flights can be so horrible but theyre so much better now that they have all the entertainment.
ReplyDeleteWell it has to be said the inflight entertainment does make it easier but I got bumped up to business on my last transatlantic flight and I wish I could go that way every time, getting off the plane felt like I had been in a relaxing lounge all day. Menu was a bi over the top though.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh transatlantic is just soooo much easier when you fly business etc. Not that I can afford that on a regular basis but I have paid for it twice and it just kills you to go economy after it.
ReplyDeleteLong flights are not fun. Next month I fly with my 1 year old daughter to Europe and I don't know how I will entertain her for this long flight.
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