I noticed daffodils on the grass in the middle of a roundabout as we turned in to the airport on Tuesday morning, the first proper signs of spring that I have seen this year although I suppose that it's still a bit early. When we checked in our luggage James was not best pleased to find out that it was not checked all the way through to Auckland; we would have to collect it in Houston and then check it in again. Considering that we booked the whole journey with Air New Zealand we were surprised about this, even though the first leg of the trip is with United Airlines. I’m sure that we have had luggage checked all the way through before even if there are two carriers on a journey.
Our plane was a Dreamliner, manufactured by Boeing. In fact James pointed out that we may have even seen it being manufactured when we visited the Boeing Factory near Seattle in 2023. Well, I have been impressed with this plane, although that is probably helped by the fact that it was less than half full so James and I ended up with a row of seats each! And special mention must go to the fancy windows which have no blinds but lighten and darken at the press off a switch! I watched the recent film “Elvis” which was very sad; Colonel Tom Parker certainly didn’t come out of it well! I also read my book and did a bit of thinking during the 10 hour journey from Heathrow to Houston.
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