our plane left denver about 11:30. we went to seattle and had a four hour layover. when we got off the plane, the monitors showed the plane to leave for beijing would be 2 hours late! that would mean 6 hours and we debated on leaving the airport, as none of us have been to seattle before. but, after deciding to eat lunch there at the airport, we looked at the departure board and it was on time! crazy! glad we stayed!
so, we stared the long leg of our journey...an 11 hour flight leaving seattle at 5:08 pm sept 10th.
we had dinner service early in the flight. decent but not great...and yes, a small cup of wine to just take the edge off!
we flew delta and opted to upgrade to comfort plus. it gives 4" of extra leg room but definitely worth it! And we had to sit separate, 2 and 2...so we got an exit row which has even more leg room. the main problem was it was super cold by that door! we switched around a lot and did not walk as much as we should have. but it was "night" where we were coming from so they turned off lights and we tried to sleep. they had tvs in the backs of the seats so we could watch tons of movies...many new releases. it was great. they even have some games and music.
so one of the channels was the flight route. we went up over alaska, russia and down into china...not over open ocean as I expected. it was neat to follow along. As you can see our total milage would be a little over 5400 miles and I looked once to see the plan going 538 mph! oh and the coldest temp I saw was -66! no wonder it was cold by the door!
but we made it! and we are in CHINA! and it is thursday sept 11 at 11pm when we got to the hotel...the longest day ever! but in 4 days we meet our daughter :)
so, I am up way too late and now need to sleep...tomorrow is the great wall!
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