TRAVEL DIARY

A weblog regularly updated by Jodi Rose.

sunnuntai, maaliskuu 21, 2004

9:07 AM
Posted by jodi rose

At Vienna airport, standing internet kiosk - forgive my typos. well and truly delirious, and a danger to myself and others at this point - only in retail terms, just saw a bag that would be great for all the gear I'm lugging around.......
anyway, after flight to melb, 2hr layover, 7hr flight to Kuala Lumpur, got out of the plane and all had to line up and re-board that was fun! - then 11.5 hour flight to vienna. had about 3 hours sleep, but Lauda air very good, almost up to singapore air standards,. my favourite part of the plane ride was the birdseye camera at the front of the plane, so you can watch where you're flying. fantastic. although dark when going over afghanistan and tehran, but saw fires burning out the window. So cool watching the lines flash by on the runway when taking off although I had to change to the map and flight info on landing, watching the ground rush up to meet us was a little disconcerting. Now I have a few hours to fill in at the airport before flight to Helsinki - can't get into my email, some weird server error, so still have no idea what to do once I get to Helsinki airport. Roll with the punches I guess - have some mobile phone numbers so I'm sure I'll manage to get in contact with someone, eventually :) Promised Oskar I would visit santa for him at the north pole.
Managed to overcome my fear of turbulence - chatting to lovely girl on flight to melbourne, realised that if anything goes wrong you can worry about it then - or not even, since there's not much you can do - so really pointless to spend the next 22 hours in a state of mild panic about the engine dropping out of the plane. ALso seeing it as a metaphor for life, you can't be scared of a few rough patches in the road or a bumpy ride, most times it's not actually going to kill you. Imagined I was on a big coach with wings, going down the hume highway - equivalent to a patch of med turbulence! Relaxed on the big jumbo jet - it was very Viennese, called 'picasso', with wood veneer and muted lighting, almost like a theatre set. And the vegetarian food was great, lots of fresh fruit and salads. Will try the email thing again, more soon from Helsinki. xxxjr