We left Jeddah on Sunday morning, May 19, about 7:30 am. This time the plane was much more crowded. Soon after taking off, we were served breakfast. Then, as soon as breakfast was over, they closed all the window shades and turned off the lights like they were expecting everyone to sleep--and many people did! Katie came home with us. She had stayed up all night so that she would be able to sleep the whole way to Washington D.C. and she practically did sleep the whole way! I guess that is the way it is done!
This flight was 13 hours. The flight to Jeddah was 12 hours and 15 minutes. Even though we were crowded, this flight seemed easier to me. I think the difference was that the flight to Jeddah was overnight. I felt like I needed to go to sleep but I was too excited to sleep. This flight being in the morning, I felt like I could stay awake and watch shows. I watched a movie called "Chasing Mavericks" which was about surfing in Hawaii. I also tried to watch "Guilt Trip" for the 3rd or 4th time and still saw some new parts.
I learned something quite useful on this flight. When you are flying on Saudia Airlines to and from the Middle East, when your show choices are "Western Comedies" they are not talking about "F Troop" or "The Wild Wild West." I had run out of things to watch so I decided to click on Western Comedies. I was surprised to see "Friends", "Modern Family," "Big Bang Theory," "Rules of Engagement," and I think maybe one other one. Two episodes of each. I watched every one of them. Five hours down! I was excited! Then, in my new found brilliance, I decided to check out "Classic Western Movies." JACKPOT!! Two and a half hours to go and I found all kinds of movies I would like to watch. I decided on "The Fugitive" and almost got it finished.
Arriving in Washington D.C. on an international flight is so much easier than arriving in Jeddah. The passport check went very fast. Of course, it helped that we got to get in the line for American citizens and we were the only American citizens on the flight! But the United States actually had enough people working that the lines moved too. Customs was also very easy to get through.
We had planned to spend the night in Washington D.C. so Katie had contacted one of her "Bridesmen" who lives in Washington and made plans to go out to dinner. We met Tyler at Texas Roadhouse and had a good time hearing about his impressive job and catching up with him. He graduated from Purdue with his masters in Nuclear Engineering. Once he was at our house and we were watching the Big Bang Theory. They were talking about string theory. I asked Tyler if he knew what that was. He just nodded. I said, "You even understand it, don't you?!" He just nodded again. He has got to be brilliant!
We had one more day of flying ahead of us so we went back to the hotel to get some sleep before we caught the 7:00 am shuttle back to the airport.
This flight was 13 hours. The flight to Jeddah was 12 hours and 15 minutes. Even though we were crowded, this flight seemed easier to me. I think the difference was that the flight to Jeddah was overnight. I felt like I needed to go to sleep but I was too excited to sleep. This flight being in the morning, I felt like I could stay awake and watch shows. I watched a movie called "Chasing Mavericks" which was about surfing in Hawaii. I also tried to watch "Guilt Trip" for the 3rd or 4th time and still saw some new parts.
I learned something quite useful on this flight. When you are flying on Saudia Airlines to and from the Middle East, when your show choices are "Western Comedies" they are not talking about "F Troop" or "The Wild Wild West." I had run out of things to watch so I decided to click on Western Comedies. I was surprised to see "Friends", "Modern Family," "Big Bang Theory," "Rules of Engagement," and I think maybe one other one. Two episodes of each. I watched every one of them. Five hours down! I was excited! Then, in my new found brilliance, I decided to check out "Classic Western Movies." JACKPOT!! Two and a half hours to go and I found all kinds of movies I would like to watch. I decided on "The Fugitive" and almost got it finished.
Arriving in Washington D.C. on an international flight is so much easier than arriving in Jeddah. The passport check went very fast. Of course, it helped that we got to get in the line for American citizens and we were the only American citizens on the flight! But the United States actually had enough people working that the lines moved too. Customs was also very easy to get through.
We had planned to spend the night in Washington D.C. so Katie had contacted one of her "Bridesmen" who lives in Washington and made plans to go out to dinner. We met Tyler at Texas Roadhouse and had a good time hearing about his impressive job and catching up with him. He graduated from Purdue with his masters in Nuclear Engineering. Once he was at our house and we were watching the Big Bang Theory. They were talking about string theory. I asked Tyler if he knew what that was. He just nodded. I said, "You even understand it, don't you?!" He just nodded again. He has got to be brilliant!
We had one more day of flying ahead of us so we went back to the hotel to get some sleep before we caught the 7:00 am shuttle back to the airport.
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