The Plane, The Plane!

Before this trip, I've never had a chance to fly First Class or as they're calling it now: Business Elite Class. Which seems to be, in my opinion, a more politically correct way of saying "First." On our flight from San Diego to New York, as well as on our flight from New York to Berlin, we had the chance to sit in these seats. Wow! The seating room was expansive, and that's the only part I was really expecting — on top of that: 5-course meals, free liquor (name your flavor), free movies... it really is the nicest way to travel. Those seats made the 11+ hours of flying much more tolerable. This isn't surprising to anyone who has traveled this way - but with it being my first time, I am extremely impressed.

As usual, we had delays at JFK - its was raining, and the airports were closing certain runways. So, we sat in the plane for over an hour, in line, waiting to take off. We did arrive 30 minutes late to Berlin, and arrived to rain there as well. It feels great though - with the recent hot days in San Diego, its a refreshing change.

On deck for today - we're starting out with the Bauhaus Museum - then on to other site-seeing until we become tired.