Poland Day 1 – Prelude

Let me copy here what I wrote earlier today when on the plane: 

I will call this day one as I had a bit of sleep on the plan last night, but now I think I’m up for good. After our evening meal, the attendants came around selling duty free stuff. Apparently you can by things like alcohol, perfume, and cigarettes duty-free and thus avoid the taxes. The lady next to me got a bottle of vodka as a gift for her brother-in-law, saying it was about PLN 100 which is around 32 US dollars or so. Sounded like a deal.

Sleeping on a plane does not really happen, it’s more like a light doze at best. These seats are not made for sleeping, that’s for sure. But, with a tiny pillow and a small blanket, I had some semblance of sleep for a few hours, maybe three. I even slipped off my shoes and unbuttoned the top button of my jeans. Ahh…. Relief!

I believe next we’ll be having breakfast in a bit, and then we’ll land. We are almost over the outer tip of Norway at the moment, so getting there. Foreign and “uncharted” territory for me. I must say I’m not excited in a nervous sense at all, but excited in a curious sense, wondering what it is I’ll see and feel. My main plan is to keep my eyes wide open and not look for something special, but see what there is to be seen, take it all in, drink the scenery.

But first, this first day, will be some rest and acclimatization, I’m sure. The adventure is really starting now!

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Well, breakfast is over. I will not get fat from airplane food, for sure. It was interesting, a light meal. Think of a square piece of bread with two opposite crusts cut off, a pice about 2.5 inches across. There were two of them, one whole wheat, one white. A piece of ham and a piece of lettuce. One grape tomato. Two slices o f cucumber. A tablespoon or so of cottage cheese, a pat of butter, a little tub of jam. But it was good and filling. And I had a cup of coffee afterward.

We are over Poland now and will land in about a half hour. I am excited.