How did 9.5 hours go by so fast

This is how 9.5 hours fly by: great first class seats,  a super flight attendant crew, a diverse landscape to fly over and generally clear weather so we can see it all. Our flight path took us over water for a couple hours, that is where the food and attendants come onto play. Then we crossed into Africa over Somalia.   This was an arid landscape with an occasional riverbed. Them Somalia, Ethiopia and Egypt which was mostly desert. We flew over the Nile River for a long time. It became as me a huge lake at the Aswan Dam. We missed Cairo but could see Alexandria off to the East. We flew over the Mediterranean crossing over Crete and several Greek Islands. The path then led over the Balkans Macedonia, Monrenegro, Bosnia, Croatia, Lichtenstein, Switzerland and then France.   It was a geography lesson. We saw snow capped mountains over Switzerland,  island volcanoes over Greece, seaside mountains in Croatia and patchwork farms over France.

Tony and Shamus are the number one reason. So funny, so professional and so personable. They made the trip great fun. 

The terminal in the Seychelles 

We take off over the waves 

Flying over water allowed me to concentrate on the food

Tasty and quite beautiful too 

Such a tasty lamb dish

A hearty Bordeaux 

Water as far as the eye can see 

Tge coast of Somalia

The last riverbed for quite a while 

Alexandria Egypt

Lake Nassar at the Aswan Dam

Desert mountains in Somalia 

The Nile in Ethiopia 

Half way there

One of many Greek islands 

A mountain on this island

The main land along the Adriatic sea

Very mountainous possibly Bosnia 

These mountains were alongside a cost seaside village in Croatia 

We have wanted to visit this area for a long time 

It looks wonderful 

The Coastline of Croatia 

The town of Split

This is Lichtenstein o ng e pi f the tiniest countries in the world

Snow capped mountains 

Yodele-a-e-oo

Switzerland 

Farms of France 

A plane on a similar flight path

Approaching Calis France 

Exit #5

Our grand flight 

These two delightful gentlemen made this one of our best flights ever!