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diff --git a/AU/day1/document.en.rest.txt b/AU/day1/document.en.rest.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ab48106 --- /dev/null +++ b/AU/day1/document.en.rest.txt @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +Diario - 10 July +================ + +check-in: all green, made boarding pass for both flights, FCO-DXB & DXB-SYD +(via Singapore) + +Boarding delayed from 1705 to nearly 1740 due to carrier not showing up in +time. Take off delayed accordingly. + +On board, hand baggage reveals itself to be rather large: kind stewardess finds +a place, but two lines away from me. My place is 31B, aisle, behind the wings. +Carrier is an AirBus A330 (200 seats). 31A (window, on my left-hand side) is an +Indian woman summing up expenses, converting Liras to Rupiahs (so I know she's +Indian). Little talk. Economy class is rather impressive: no large seats, not +so much space for your legs, but... a private color LCD screen for TV & movies +& real-time cameras! You pick the channel (video or audio only) via a +hand-control or the touch-screen. RTCameras are: front view and downward view. +Pretty useless in mid-flight, but quite spectacular on takeoff and landing. Why +not a rear-camera? Air sickness? Air turbulence due to the jets? (BTW, 2 +high-pressure jets under the wings) + +ETA: 5h20, so two movies. From first round: Erin Brockovich, Mission to Mars, +The Tigger Movie. Second round: Sleeper (and I was sleeping... maybe I'll watch +it from Singapore to Sydney, there should be the same movies). Non-movie +highlight: Dilbert, the cartoon. Actually, bi-dimensional is better: animation +doesn't do good to Adam's characters. Language selection is not so good: you +can choose between three languages, which can be: English/French/Italian, +English/Arabic/Whoknowswhat, English/English/English . And the only way to know +is trying! (OK, first language is usually English, so that's a sure point...) + +Of course many (perhaps too many) people didn't get how to work the screen. And +didn't figure out there were clearly-written instructions on the booklets, +either. Helped out a couple of them, the others will learn by themselves. + +Dinner: chicken or lamb? Lamb, please. Chicken was caprese. If I wanted +Italian-style food, I'd stayed in Italy (already heard this one, huh?). Lamb is +Arabian-style: rice, baby-corn, spices and stuff. Pretty good (and mind we're +talking airline kitchen here!). Tuna fish, spiced and smoked (?); pretty good +also. Salad. Cheese. Sweet cake. Wow! + +OK, trying to sleep. Not so much of a success, but I get some (needed) rest. +Oh, nice toilets; wasn't it for someone who forgets to close the door when he +gets inside... go figure. |