The last flights back home

My fear of flying is almost all gone which and that the geographer is in charge when I'm flying which means that I love the window seat these days so I can study the ground during take off and landing and if I'm lucky in between too :)

I got a pretty nice seat for the flight to Munich by the window just before the cabin crew members area in Economy Class (I had no one behind me that could disturb me by pressing the in seat TV-screen). I also just had one neighbour which made it easier to get in or out even though she was reluctant to get up when I wanted to get out, but I got quite good at climbing over her after a while.

Excited to see Chicago at night during take off I closed my eyes for a short while. I quickly opened them again when I heard that the cover for the window was pulled down. It was my neighbour that barely knew any English that pulled it down. She wasn't able to pull it all the way down and asked me to close it all the way down showing with her body language that she thought it was scary to watch the take off. I did as she asked at the same time as I tried to explain that I would open it to watch and cover the window with my head so that she wouldn't have to see. She would have to use force to prevent me from looking out :)

Good thing that I looked out. The view of Chicago and its surroundings made my top 3-list of scenery from flying (the other two are flying in over Vancouver in 2008 and flying in over the South Island of New Zealand the same year.

I had a surprisingly good flight over to Munich. I got to sleep quite a bit. The only thing bothering me, that has never bothered me before flying were restless legs and feet.



Flying over Germany, close to landing at the airport in Munich.

I flew Lufthansa as I did on my way to Toronto, and the same kind of aircraft. It looks pretty new and has all the toilets for Economy Class one stair down which is nice because it means less people are hanging around your seat if you are sitting close by.

My 45 minutes in between flights in Munich was enough even though we got of to a late start from Chicago. I slept most of the way of the last flight as well when I wasn't woken up by the Swedish group of EF language school students returning from Malta.



If you look closely you can see the northern part of Öland. Öland was the only part of Sweden I could see, the rest was cloud covered.

Back at Arlanda I discovered while walking passed Starbucks in Terminal 5 that it now exists a Sweden mug (it wasn't there flying out). What a nice ending to a fantastic trip being able to by my seventh mug on this trip. The weather greeted me with grey clouds, but I guess that has been the weather ever since I left. I kind of thought though that I would bring the sun back with me :) Maybe it got delayed on the way :)

Oh, I just have show the nice tag my suitcase got in Chicago. I know it's a pretty awesome suitcase but I've never thought about it as hot :)