The day of departure has arrived. Today we leave Ft Lauderdale for Detroit and then fly non-stop overnight to Amsterdam, The Netherlands. We are planning a relaxing week in Amsterdam and the surrounding area before flying to Kilimanjaro, Tanzania for the beginning of our "Migration Safari".
It was an early morning with last minute things to do. Packing was completed last night and the bags are at the front door. I called a taxi a little after 9 and they came quickly. He dropped us at Delta, we checked in our bags and got through security quickly. We went to the SkyLounge and relaxed until time to board.
Everything was on time. We left FLL and had a good flight north to Detroit. A little over 2 hours. We arrived early and went to the lounge in the Detroit airport to await the international flight. We were surprised to see that Delta has 3 flights each day from Detroit to Amsterdam. We boarded about 45 minutes prior to departure time and settled in. The configuration of the 737 was "diagonal" for business class. So Tim and I had seats each facing a different way - Tim facing 10 o'clock and I was facing 2 o'clock. But the seats converted to beds that were completely horizontal and long enough for me so that was great. Dinner service was good, a few glasses of wine, a not so good movie and then I attempted to sleep.
The flight was only 7 1/2 hours so after dinner, I slept for only about 3 hours during the night. We'll wake up somewhere over the North Atlantic Ocean prior to landing. During the night, Tim went to the bathroom and a man from row 1 asked to go first as he couldn't wait. Tim (surprisingly) let me go first. When Tim looked through the curtain a while later to see if he was finished, the man was peeing in a glass in the galley! He shut the curtain and told the attendant to check. She handled it. Yuck!
Our adventure begins.
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