Day 3 - The shortest day of our lives
Day 3: Monday, May 23 at 1:00 am (3:00 am Missouri time)
We boarded a very large EVA Airlines plane with capacity for about 750 passengers (double-decker). Our plan was to have the kids sleep starting at 1:00 am when we took off and hopefully get a good night's sleep. The airline had other plans. Not only were all the lights on at 1:00 am, but they came around at 1:30 to serve us a meal. I had just gotten to sleep with the boys when a stewardess asked me if I wanted the meals for our kids. I accepted at first, but since they were asleep, I later returned the meals and asked if we could have them after they woke up.
It turns out that what they were doing was serving meals as if we were already in Taiwan. So 1:00 am on the West coast was about 4:00 p.m. in Taiwan, about the time when people were getting ready for supper. They turned on a movie, and kept the lights really bright. Then they served us breakfast about 5:00 am Taiwan time.
On the way home, we'll avail ourselves of the meals on the airline's schedule and see if that makes a difference.
If this makes any sense, we flew 13:45 but we had only a 6 hour Monday. Here's the breakdown:
1 hour in LA waiting to depart.
6 hours of the flight took place on Tuesday, from midnight to 6:00 a.m.
That leaves 7:45 of the flight taking place on Monday. So Monday lasted 8:45 for us, but we'll redeem that time on Monday, May 30.
The kids did great on the flight. Alex slept more than the rest of us put together. The airline showed about 6 movies, and fed us and kept us stocked with drinks. One oddity: the child's breakfast contained a sweet roll, a cream puff, and a Hershey's candy bar. The kids couldn't believe their good fortune. All of the food was good, and the service by EVA air was outstanding.
Here are Adam and Alex enjoying their seats.
By the time the flight was completed, almost all of our battery-powered entertainment devices were depleted: Game Boy, Laptop, Clie, and Digital Camera. The only things still working were two minidisc players, so Adam listened to music and I listened to preaching.
As long as the flight was, it wasn't as bad as I thought. And the good news is that on the way home, it's an hour faster (with the jet stream speeding up planes headed East).
Next time: Day 4 - Soaking up so many things
We boarded a very large EVA Airlines plane with capacity for about 750 passengers (double-decker). Our plan was to have the kids sleep starting at 1:00 am when we took off and hopefully get a good night's sleep. The airline had other plans. Not only were all the lights on at 1:00 am, but they came around at 1:30 to serve us a meal. I had just gotten to sleep with the boys when a stewardess asked me if I wanted the meals for our kids. I accepted at first, but since they were asleep, I later returned the meals and asked if we could have them after they woke up.
It turns out that what they were doing was serving meals as if we were already in Taiwan. So 1:00 am on the West coast was about 4:00 p.m. in Taiwan, about the time when people were getting ready for supper. They turned on a movie, and kept the lights really bright. Then they served us breakfast about 5:00 am Taiwan time.
On the way home, we'll avail ourselves of the meals on the airline's schedule and see if that makes a difference.
If this makes any sense, we flew 13:45 but we had only a 6 hour Monday. Here's the breakdown:
1 hour in LA waiting to depart.
6 hours of the flight took place on Tuesday, from midnight to 6:00 a.m.
That leaves 7:45 of the flight taking place on Monday. So Monday lasted 8:45 for us, but we'll redeem that time on Monday, May 30.
The kids did great on the flight. Alex slept more than the rest of us put together. The airline showed about 6 movies, and fed us and kept us stocked with drinks. One oddity: the child's breakfast contained a sweet roll, a cream puff, and a Hershey's candy bar. The kids couldn't believe their good fortune. All of the food was good, and the service by EVA air was outstanding.
Here are Adam and Alex enjoying their seats.
By the time the flight was completed, almost all of our battery-powered entertainment devices were depleted: Game Boy, Laptop, Clie, and Digital Camera. The only things still working were two minidisc players, so Adam listened to music and I listened to preaching.
As long as the flight was, it wasn't as bad as I thought. And the good news is that on the way home, it's an hour faster (with the jet stream speeding up planes headed East).
Next time: Day 4 - Soaking up so many things
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