The Start of a Wonderful Vacation

Wow, I have so much to tell you. This may be a long post but most of it will probably be pictures. I will tell a little about yesterday, but not much went on and so that won't add much to this post.

Yesterday started very early. We boarded our first plane at 9:00 am which went from SLC to Detroit, Michigan. There was nothing all that special about that plane ride; it only lasted four hours. We had a four hour layover in Detroit until we boarded the second plane which went from Detroit to Paris. As I have said earlier, I have never been on an international flight. So I was very surprised when I walked onto the plane and it looked like this. (Most planes I have been on had two seats on each side of one isle.)

The seats were: two, isle, three, isle two. Each seat had its own TV and a remote that fit into the arm rest.

This plane ride was eight hours long. First they served drinks then dinner. I had some sort of pasta. Just as I was about to fall asleep though, a tray fell on me. It wasn't a big deal because it was practically empty, but it did stop me from falling asleep earlier. I eventually got to sleep and woke up at the perfect time. The flight attendants were serving breakfast but I wasn't hungry at all and just had some orange juice. It took exactly 23 (with time change) to get to Paris. We left SLC at 9:00 am Saturday and got to Paris at 8:00 am Paris-time Sunday. Here are some pictures from both flights.

The sunset during the second plane ride.

The outskirts of Paris as we're landing.

I had some other pictures but I can't seem to upload them. :( Well, trying to explain just how cool is would be practically impossible, so I will just put a ton of photos in the next blog. I am going to split this one in two because it is getting late.