Flyin' First Class

I'm in Edinburgh! The Jewel of Scotland. This city is amazing. For the last few hours I've been wandering the streets and exploring. There's a sense of history everywhere here, more than any other place I've ever been to. More on Edinburgh after I've had some time to better aquaint myself with the city.

The flight over had an interesting twist. After going through the circus of security at DFW and boarding my plane, I found a two year old baby sitting in my precious window seat. So I looked at the woman next to it and said, "Hey, you need to move your baby." This guy next to her explained how he wanted to fly with his family and proceeded to pretty much guilt trip me into switching seats with him.

Except he wouldn't have had to guilt trip me if he had just told me his seat was first-class! I got to ride first-class all the way to Newark! Not only did I get a super-comfortable leather seat, but for lunch they served an excellent gourmet turkey sandwich with a side of potato salad. And when the flight attendent asked if I wanted any complimentary wine with my lunch, I couldn't refuse.

Needless to say, I was a bit spoiled by the experience. I had to go back to coach for my seven hour flight from Newark to Edinburgh, but it wasn't so bad because there were a ton of open seats and I got to stretch out and sleep. We came over Scotland at twilight, just before the break of dawn, and it was breathtaking. I'm going to love it here.