The Flight
I arrived in Bahrain 2 weeks ago. The flight was both exciting and restful. Exciting because of where I was flying to and who I would be seeing upon my arrival. Restful because my uncle Paul managed to bump me into business class where I enjoyed champagne, a fold down bed, and a wide variety of movies and TV episodes. I had my own little remote and everything! The food was incredible as well. I enjoyed some lamb in the evening and a delicious fruit bowl upon my waking. All in all, a wonderful flight. Below is a picture of what my "pod" was like.
The Arrival
Kansas City to DC was a little over 2 hours, DC to Kuwait (the long stretch) was just shy of 12 hours, and Kuwait to Bahrain was about 45 minutes. Add the refueling and lay overs and you get a 19 hour flight. 19 hours of thinking to yourself "Is this really happening?" "Am I really moving to Bahrain?" "Am I going to embrace my girlfriend for the 1st time in just a few hours?" The answer of course to all these questions is YES!
I arrived in Bahrain around 5 pm (9 am KC time) Sunday afternoon. Beni was there waiting for me at the gate. She would say later that "I looked right through her!" I disagree slightly. I don't know exactly what happened. I will say however, that my eyes were skipping from face to face so rapidly that I quite possibly looked in her "general direction", ... but I DEFINITELY did not look right at her and then move on. Nevertheless, our eyes did finally meet. We embraced. It was wonderful.
I arrived in Bahrain 2 weeks ago. The flight was both exciting and restful. Exciting because of where I was flying to and who I would be seeing upon my arrival. Restful because my uncle Paul managed to bump me into business class where I enjoyed champagne, a fold down bed, and a wide variety of movies and TV episodes. I had my own little remote and everything! The food was incredible as well. I enjoyed some lamb in the evening and a delicious fruit bowl upon my waking. All in all, a wonderful flight. Below is a picture of what my "pod" was like.
The Arrival
Kansas City to DC was a little over 2 hours, DC to Kuwait (the long stretch) was just shy of 12 hours, and Kuwait to Bahrain was about 45 minutes. Add the refueling and lay overs and you get a 19 hour flight. 19 hours of thinking to yourself "Is this really happening?" "Am I really moving to Bahrain?" "Am I going to embrace my girlfriend for the 1st time in just a few hours?" The answer of course to all these questions is YES!
I arrived in Bahrain around 5 pm (9 am KC time) Sunday afternoon. Beni was there waiting for me at the gate. She would say later that "I looked right through her!" I disagree slightly. I don't know exactly what happened. I will say however, that my eyes were skipping from face to face so rapidly that I quite possibly looked in her "general direction", ... but I DEFINITELY did not look right at her and then move on. Nevertheless, our eyes did finally meet. We embraced. It was wonderful.
