i've always loved planes... for a long time i didn't necessarily love flying in them, but i have always loved watching them. growing up in houston, near intercontinental airport, my father and i would play this game in the car to see who could name the airline first. i'll never forget the first time i saw southwest's shamu plane in the air. moving near an international airport, the game has become a whole lot more interteresting due to the increase in airlines, and less interesting because i always seem to be playing alone. it's a lot more fun shouting out airline names when you have a competitor. instead, i have sean on his blackberry. ; )
one of my greatest airplane experiences so far was a few years ago when sean upgraded one of our transatlantic flights, and we flew in the top deck of a 747. it's happened twice since then, but the thrill of climing up those stairs (on a plane!!!) that first flight can't be replicated.
but it can be topped. by a night in the cockpit suite on the jumbo hostel, with a panoramic view of stockholm, sweden's arlanda airport. i've always wanted to go to stockholm, too. thank goodness it's not the jumbo hostel in siberia's novosibirsk tolmachevo airport.
sean knows that this is all i want for my birthday, christmas, all of the remaining holidays in 2008 and 2009 if that's what it takes. sigh. i love planes.
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4 comments:
you are insane.
no, no and no. does it fly around while you're on it?
no, it doesn't fly around while you're on it. how could it? i'll be sleeping, peeing, and showering in the cockpit. that would be very awkward for both myself and the pilots, i think.
nope, it's just a grounded 747, turned into a hostel.
LOL...ooohhhh, i get it!! ahem...i'll go hide under a rock now.
I saw the jumbo hostel online at work yesterday! I love it too! They're going to make more I think!
Cristin
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