Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Thoughts...

I have 15 minutes before I need to head downstairs for the van back to the airport. Sorry Belfast, I didn't get to see you this time. When we finally got here yesterday it was 6am Newark time. I guess after 6 days off (even though they were so rushed!!) and having worked a trip that got in much earlier than this, I was more exhausted than I thought. I accidentally slept 'till 10pm Belfast time. Apparently I didn't hear my alarm. Also, they have the coolest (and perhaps too effective) wooden panels that you can slide shut over the windows in this hotel. The room can become like night whenever you need (like for the whole day yesterday!!).
I am watching European music television, my favorite thing to do in the mornings on my layovers. :) I would miss that, and other things of course if I wasn't doing this job anymore.
I've already had breakfast. I went downstairs at around 7:30am in plain clothes. It's the first time I've done that. Normally I go down early for the van and eat in my uniform along with my crewmembers (p.s. only a few hotels actually give us free breakfast, this is one of the ones that does!). I wonder if I will be more tired when I get back to NJ since I couldn't sleep through the night here. Who knows, maybe it will be the same.
Well well, that wasn't too interesting. Sorry. I've got to take off now. Wish I could just keep watching "MTV" and hang out in Belfast today. Wouldn't it be nice if we had 48 hour layovers so we could see something when we are not exhausted?! That would be cool....Maybe i'll get lucky in the winter and get some of those (we have a few in the winter time only).
Ciao for now.
R

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These are the tales of some real travels and some that can't really be considered real. The ones that can't really be considered real are the layovers I've had working as a flight attendant. I know that I've been to those places and have had experiences there, but it almost feels more like dream sequences than real life. I've been interested in 'the world out there' since I was a small child. My mother made me realize that 'different' was interesting and everything 'foreign' has intrigued me ever since. At the age of 14 I had my first experience as a world traveler when I went to Osaka, Japan for 2 months to be a nanny. My travels this past year have been much different than that, but every travel, no matter how short, opens your eyes to the world...Here are my stories...