So the day has finally come... The day when we can stop counting blog entries in "T minus" and start measuring in days.
Today was a travel day so therefore having an uneventful day is a good thing. We had a wonderful send off at 5:30 AM when a beautiful limo took us to JFK. The sun rose quite beautifully over the Southern State Parkway much as it must have at the Pines Party where so many of our friends were playing.
Our flight was delayed by about 2 hours but we didn't care much as the AF lounge at Terminal One is quite fabulous and we were just so excited to be on our way that we really didn't care how long we had to wait.
AeroMèxico was underwhelming (as expected) but not bad. Flight AM 405 took us to Mexico City (737-800, N861AM for you nerds) .. 5 hours of mostly sleeping as we didn't do too much of that last night.
Today was a travel day so therefore having an uneventful day is a good thing. We had a wonderful send off at 5:30 AM when a beautiful limo took us to JFK. The sun rose quite beautifully over the Southern State Parkway much as it must have at the Pines Party where so many of our friends were playing.
Our flight was delayed by about 2 hours but we didn't care much as the AF lounge at Terminal One is quite fabulous and we were just so excited to be on our way that we really didn't care how long we had to wait.
AeroMèxico was underwhelming (as expected) but not bad. Flight AM 405 took us to Mexico City (737-800, N861AM for you nerds) .. 5 hours of mostly sleeping as we didn't do too much of that last night.
MEX wasn't a bad way to spend a few hours (many less than expected thanks to our late departure). It's an acceptably modern airport with a nice 70's (?) retro feel. We had to process through immigrations (30 min line), baggage claim, customs, baggage recheck and screening even though we were just changing planes. The whole process was a bit cumbersome and would definitely prohibit a 2 hour plane change (which is allowable but impossible--don't do it) although this likely has become the standard for all international connecting airports after the horrible Christmas Day incident a few years ago. The Premier clubs (plural) were very nice in MEX so we watched the Olympics and drank a lot. (we'll at least I did.. X is more of a modest drinker)
Our Lima flight (Another 737-800 although this one was circa 2003 instead of 2001.. N859AM) boarded on time. It had a few idiosyncrasies that made us slightly less than confident as we sat down in our first class seats... (see below)
Our Lima flight (Another 737-800 although this one was circa 2003 instead of 2001.. N859AM) boarded on time. It had a few idiosyncrasies that made us slightly less than confident as we sat down in our first class seats... (see below)
But despite this, the flight was fine and uneventful.
And then upon arrival at our hotel in Miraflores (at 1 am!) we were shocked to find out that we had a welcoming party! One of our travel friends from yesteryear just happens to be living in Peru and semi-stalked us via Tripit! We were so pleasantly surprised! Not only did we get to catch up over cocktails but now we have a built in tour guide for Peru! The universe works in interesting ways... Off to bed, so much to do tomorrow!
At least you know there's a lesbian onboard. The plane isn't going down as long as she has duct tape in her bag.
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