Cruising the Atlantic

Just finished my first airline meal ever – WOW that was tasty. Right now, I’m onboard our South African Airways flight en route to Dakar, Senegal, which left from Dulles Airport in D.C. earlier today. The day has been a long one so far, but I’ve noticed how time passes in a weird way when you’re traveling around the world. My brain is stuck in “vacation mode” right now, as it hasn’t really hit me that I’ll be in Africa within the next 12 hours. I lucked out, nabbing a window seat, so right now I’m looking out at the massive right wing of this 747, watching the red light blink away in a constant rhythm, the pulse of the plane ticking away tirelessly as we drift thousands of feet above the Atlantic. A smooth mix of Coldplay, Jason Mraz and Nickel Creek passes through my headphones, mixed in with a little White Stripes, Arctic Monkeys and MuteMath. I don’t think I’ve ever felt so relaxed and excited at the same before. Next stop: Dakar for refueling, and then on to Johannesburg.