The one with lots of traveling....and food!

Our journey to Australia was by no means short...30 hours of total travel!
From Houston to LAX...3 and a half hours...1 and a half layover.
LAX to Singapore....17 hours...2 and a half hour layover.
Singapore to Perth...5 hours.
Phew!


Our plane from Houston to LAX was a brand new plane...been flying for only a month!

And thanks to the fact we were flying on Jaret's company....we get first class!

 

And me...who has never flown anything but coach...adjusted very well to the other half's lifestyle :)

 

 

And we got some pretty rockin' food the first leg...here's my tray, it was a chicken dish...but that's about all I remember.

 



 

 

The next 2 legs we flew on Singapore Airlines.  To which I must do a quick plug for Singapore Airlines, we also flew it for our honeymoon...and I am VERY impressed with this airline.  Even in coach, you were still pampered...the food is great, the crew is very friendly and attentive.  So if you ever can....I highly recommend them.<<now back to the show>>

 

Our plane from LAX to Singapore was all business class...and for 17 hours, it was TOTALLY worth it.  And we had nice big seats!

 

 

And yes...our seats turned into beds, so I could lay down!! Very comfy actually.

 

 

But before we slept...we were served dinner.

We started with a shrimp dish...I actually did try, still didn't like it...and of course Jaret is allergic, so he passed on that dish.

 

We had 4 choices for a main meal.  Jaret got a beef dish and I had a chicken dish.

 

The plate above is Jaret's meal....I forgot to take a picture of mine.

Then my favorite course....dessert!

I got a cappaccino moouse (sp?) with chocolate....yummo!

 

We then got a cheese plate... but I didn't get a picture of that either.

After all that...it was time for bed.  Not only were we full but it was now about 2am Houston time.

 

With about 2 hours left in the flight it was time for breakfast.

Jaret got a fritatta.

 

And I got pancakes with riccota cheese...which was actually very good!

 

Once we landed in Singapore, we headed to the business lounge.

 

The bathrooms in the lounge were very nice.  They had toiletries and stuff so I could brush my teeth.  I also changed my socks, and blew dry my hair with the dryers provided.   Really don't have any idea why I changed my socks and blow dryed my hair but after that much traveling, anything to make yourself feel clean makes you a little less crazy.  And we walked around the airport a little...wish I would have taken more pictures of the Singapore airport...it was like, Vegas meet a mall meets an airport.  Awesome!

 

Then it was one last flight to Perth....and this was the longest 5 hour flight of my life!

 

Not only was it long after just getting off a 17 hour flight...but Jaret got sick.  We think he got food poisoning somewhere.  But again...the crew on Singapore airlines did everything they could to make him comfortable.

 

Once we got to Perth, we went through customs....picked up our bags (which were easily spotted thanks to bright pink yarn!)...picked up the car...and then were met by Jaret's boss and wife who helped us get all our suitcases to the hotel!