… our journey to Jonalyn began. To keep a record of everything before I forget it, I’ve decided to take a stroll down memory lane. I hope you enjoy reliving all of this with me.

November 16, 2007-Brian reminds me that we got up VERY early in the morning to make it to the airport for our flight to Minneapolis. It was a short flight, but we did get a soda. I’m not sure I finished drinking it before it was time to land. We saw the Metrodome and the bridge that collapsed on the descent. Of course, that is what Doug, the DOT civil engineer, would notice! I didn’t realize Minneapolis would have such a huge airport. I guess I don’t think of Minneapolis as being that big of a city, but it is. If I remember correctly, we arrived a little bit after 10:00 a.m. We found our gate for our flight to Manila. It was one of those big square waiting areas with multiple gates. I think there was another flight there going to Europe. We must have had some lunch, but again I don’t remember what we ate. Brian says he had Pizza Hut. He’d remember something like that, so I’ll take his word for it. Our flight to Manila left at about 1:00 p.m. I hate to fly, but overall it was a smooth flight. We had dinner and breakfast, but I didn’t eat much. I’m lactose intolerant (what a bummer!) and ordered a special meal. I think they combine all the possible special requests into one meal – no dairy, no fat, no salt, no sugar, no taste 🙂 I tried to watch a movie as they were showing a couple that I wanted to see, but for some reason I can’t watch movies on planes, so I spent most of my time listening to my MP3 player and dozing. Brian didn’t sleep at all – he watched all three movies. We had the four seats in the middle right in front of the bulkhead. This was nice because there was no one behind us to kick our seats and we could recline as far as we could without worrying about the people behind us. We were glad for those seats all the way through to Manila.

By the time we landed in Tokyo it was Saturday the 17th, so I’ll have to finish the rest of our journey to Manila tomorrow. Guess that makes you realize how long the flight really was!