THE FLIGHT.

The thought of a 13 hour trip to Abu Dhabi made the drinks go down quite easily at Pearson! At the pub we were sitting at, there was no second-guessing about ordering a round two and there was certainly encouragement to order a round three, believing every drink would be “the LAST”! As we sipped away on our pity drinks, we had no clue that we were about to board the BEST FREAKIN’ AIRLINE EVER!

Our new favourite airline is called ETIHAD and we flew economy class with non-stop, first class service. Every seat had a personal “entertainment center”, featuring over 600 hours of film, television, radio, and GAMES. (That’s right – GAMES). Included in the entertainment center was the “map” feature (with 6 different versions to choose from) and a “camera” feature, which allowed you to see what the pilot sees and catch the view down below. (YA RIGHT, I KNOW!). Continuing with other “economy” features: the world’s softest blanky and perfect-sized pillows (no – we didn’t have to hunt for them or ask the attendant to bring one to us), a personal “travel kit” (featuring a toothbrush, toothpaste, eye cover, SOCKS, headphones, and earplugs), a supply of food that one may store in their bomb shelter (eaten with REAL silverware!), over ten flight attendants eager to “attend” to you at all times, and a STELLAR pilot who made both the take-off and landing seem like a joke. Oh – and did I mention that they served alcohol on this UAE airline?! Because they did. Lots of it.

During the flight, I managed to sleep the entire way without alcohol or gravol (WOW-EEEE!), although I cannot say the same for my hubby! I believe he took advantage of every opportunity available….not sleeping, but not hating life either. The 13 hours went by surprisingly fast and soon enough, there we were, in Abu Dhabi…...DRINKING. Haha….

P.S. Dana – there were only 2 crying babies on the flight.

(Written August 28th)