Happy Halloween!

It's 5:05 am on October 31, and I'm in New Zealand! We have a three hour lay-over in Aukland before we board another plane to head to Sydney.

The flight was amazing. I was in my own little nest that I could spread out in and not have to worry about disturbing the person next to me. I actually got 8 straight hours of sleep - the most I've ever gotten before is little two hour stretches. Very nice. I don't even feel like I've been in the air for 12 hours. And the food was very good. I had salmon for dinner with strawberry cheesecake ice cream and coconut ice cream for desert.

I did have one strange experience, though. I was dead asleep and woke up to someone touching my butt! I was completely startled and sat up to discover myself face to face with one of the flight attendants. He apologized and said he was just checking to see if I had my seat belt on (yes, the beds have seat belts that you have to wear when you're laying down). I'm sure I gave him my best suddenly-woken-up scowl because he quickly backed away and never came down my aisle again. Am I really that scary when I've been woken up? . . . Okay, don't answer that!

We hit the road running today, so I should have plenty of pictures to post tonight.

Well, I need to get some work done before the fun starts.

Love ya!

P.S. I still haven't found out for myself whether or not the water drains counterclockwise around here. The bathrooms here in the premiere lounge (yes, I'm bragging that I'm sitting in the first class lounge) are all European so they don't swirl, they just empty so I couldn't tell from them, and the sinks had really big drains so I couldn't tell there either. I'll have to wait until I get to my hotel room where I can perform a proper experiment. They do have air freshener dispensers in the individual stalls, though. LOL