Alan and I drove up to Washington, DC yesterday afternoon to spend the night close to the airport. Our flight was scheduled to leave mid morning and this would take some of the pressure off of having to deal with traffic. We made good time, checked into the hotel, and had a fairly relaxing evening.
When we arrived at the airport this morning, there had already been some changes to our flight itinerary. Continental Airlines put us on an earlier flight to Newark Liberty International Airport where we would spend the next few hours. We arrived in Newark around 11am and our connection doesn’t leave until 3:30pm…at least that’s the current schedule.
We were able to gain access into the Continental President’s Club (thank you American Express) so we didn’t have to sit in the terminal at the gate. It’s much more comfortable in here – internet, snacks, showers, etc.
I’m not certain if we are flying from Newark and going West or East to Hong Kong. This is the flight map as indicated on the website….so it could be across Europe or across Russia, who knows.
I think we’re going to head out and find food before we board. We’ve got 16 hours of flight ahead of us. I’d like to start with food in my stomach!
I’ll be blogging all along the way…and, hopefully, uploading some images to FaceBook as well.