The Journey - What You Can Do!

Alex's grandparents drove us to Heathrow airport and helped us check in with Air New Zealand. We'd booked our tickets with the Flight Centre and were unimpressed to discover whilst queuing that they had not told us about registering for an ESTA (needed for USA immigration). Luckily Alex's new phone (Nokia 900) was able to find the website and log our details before we got to the front desk! The next thing the Flight Centre had failed to tell us was the correct baggage allowance - only 23kg per bag - we had two bags weighing 25kg because we thought that was the max limit!! Luckily they let us off and didn't charge us :)

We were then able to go and enjoy some lunch, our last British meal where these pictures were taken.

The time flew by in the departure lounge, shopping for last bits and saying goodbye on the phone to close friends and family. We had to run to the gate because we'd only just noticed the gates closing sign. The staff said it was closing early because they wanted to leave asap due to the snow!

It still took another 45 minutes sitting on the plane before take off. By which point I'd lined up several films/tv shows to watch over the next 20 odd hours. As you will see you can learn a lot on a plane and be entertained (or not) depending on what stage of the flight your are.

The invention of lying life is more fun when you don't have to be truthful and can think outside the parameters of what is genetically good or labels people are trapped with.

Paper Heart is a cute look at what is love, does true love exist? The mock documentary leaves you guessing what is real and what is staged between Charlyne Yi and Michael Cera. It was enjoyable enough.

An Education a coming of age story set in the 60s that had a discussion about whether action is character, which stuck in my mind. I think action does describe character.

The world's greatest money maker - Warren Buffet - the secrets of the richest man.

Eagle vs Shark - I begun to watch this after not much sleep and failed to enjoy the humour of this comedy romance staring Jermaine Clement (from Flight of the Conchords) so gave up!

The Informant! Matt Damon was interesting enough and funny in this movie watched just before we landed in NZ.

Air New Zealand have been voted number one in the world and it's easy to see why, good food, wine, plenty of movies, tv shows to choose from and music to listen to. The service by flight attendants was high quality and they kept asking for feedback on anything they can do to make the journey better. They also do their bit for the environment :)