"The Journey"
As expected, The Journey was indeed epic. Particularly poignant was Noah sobbing and flinging himself around in utter frustration somewhere over the Northern Pacific Ocean between Minneapolis and Tokyo. We were also disappointed not to get the cool, seat-specific television screens and instead got a single crappy projector screen, which doomed the kids to watching Seth Rogen's abysmal "The Green Hornet" three times over. There were, however, higher points to the trek, including:
• Seeing snow in summer! Flying over an amazing Alaskan mountain range and watching snow fall below us while traveling from Charlotte (85˚F) to Bangkok (88˚F). It seems like a surreal memory now as we drip sweat in the Thai humidity.
• Ethan on the airline meal: "Wow, this is the fanciest meal ever! This is gourmet chicken!" I think he was really hungry.
• Noah, arriving in Bangkok, said in amazement, "they have cars what drive by themselves!", seeing cars with no steering wheels (not knowing the steering wheels are on the right)
• We had a long discussion about the immigration policies of different countries, including our own, and countries that do not actively seek immigration like Bhutan. Ethan's opinion: "I think the king of Bhutan would make an exception if there was a really pretty Irish girl."
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