Well, the trip has finally started and it started in style. I decided for this one trip, I wasn't going to do things on the cheap - this time, I was going to fly first class. So, besides booking a first class ticket on Virgin Atlantic to Nairobi by way of London, I also booked a first class ticket on Continental to get me from Texas to Orlando because my flight overseas was from Orlando. I have to say, flying is way more civilized from the front of the plane. While domestic first class isn't all that fancy and doesn't come with the perks that international first class does, it's still pretty nice. After getting early priority boarding (which I missed, by the way, because I was in the restroom), you get presented with a pre-flight cocktail to enjoy as the rest of the flight gets settled. Then, you spend the rest of the flight enjoying a comfy seat and even get a light meal on real plates with real silverwear. My first class experience started with the trip from Houston to Orlando because there is no first class service out of Killeen (the planes are too small) and I admit I was actually a little disappointed at the amount of legroom available in first class on the plane I was on, but the service was great and the flight was totally enjoyable, although at two hours, pretty brief. Once I got to Orlando, my sister Leigh met me and we drove to our hotel, the Buena Vista Palace, and we were given a very nice room which I unfortunately didn't take a picture of. I will be taking pictures of every place I stay for the rest of the trip, though.
The images I've loaded are of me in the Killeen airport prior to starting my big adventure and the other is of my boarding pass indicating "elite access" which is a bit amusing because I missed my chance to enjoy "elite access" because I was in the bathroom taking a picture of my boarding pass because I was too embarrassed to get caught taking it out in the open. Ironic, isn't it? :-)
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