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Sunday, October 30, 2016

Happy Flying Anniversary to Me

I haven't posted in forever, but I have a good excuse. My poor laptop was broken for over a month and I finally fixed it a few weeks ago. Right on time for my one year anniversary of moving to Dubai to serve beef or chicken to the lovely people of the sky.

In the last year, I've operated 116 flights.
I've visited 19 countries, and done turnarounds to 7 countries.
I've served and cleared over 10,000 meals.
I've met hundreds of nice fellow crew members, and maybe only ten terrible ones.
Staying up 30 hours straight is normal and (almost) easy, and sleeping 16 hours straight is (very, very) easy.

I've been to a lot of fun and interesting places, but my favorite so far have been...

Seattle, because: Pike's Place Market, home of Grey's Anatomy, rain, coffee everywhere, possibly my future home, the bathroom mirror in the hotel room (it makes everyone look like a movie star), the list goes on...


New York City, because: I have friends there, Central Park, the food, the feeling of the place, endless picture opportunities, but mostly the food.


Bangkok, because: Mango sticky rice! Really nice people, awesome picture places, cheap everything, nice flight.


Mauritius, because: I don't think this needs any explaining.


Melbourne, because: The people, the shopping, also great coffee and food everywhere, the accent, great for walking around, and I just love Australia.

I'm not going to write about the worst places I've been because everywhere has been good, just different. But stay tuned for the worst/craziest/funniest flight stories I've had so far. And it's only been a year.