Well.  After all the pondering, the perusing, the planning, the paying, and the packing, I’m finally on my way!

Today’s going to be a very looooong day and so I’m going to try to wake up and muster all of the patience I can.

Among the things I’m excited about today is the very plane I’ll be traveling on.  It’s an Airbus A380, the world’s largest passenger airliner.  Check it out:

As you can see, it’s on the ground, because of course it’s much to heavy to actually fly.  You just taxi all of the way to London.

It has two full decks.  I’ll be sitting in World Traveler Plus on the second deck.

Here’s a seating chart for this monster:

But Airbus isn’t stopping there.  In 2017, Airbus will be introducing the A420, which will have four decks.  The top deck will have feature a lap pool, an air hockey parlor and a gay bar.  Maybe for my next trip.

Anyway, the flight to London will last eleven and a half hours.  That’s longer than the drive to Riverside.  And since I’ll be seating in the next-to-lowest  seating class, I won’t be in the lap of luxury for those eleven hours.  That’s why I paid extra for an aisle seat, so it will be easy for me to stand up and stretch my legs and hopefully get a glimpse of the better looking flight attendants up in Club World.

I’ll also, of course, have my Kindle, and my Nintendo 3DS to keep me company.

It’s an overnight flight, flying east, so I basically lose a day.  Which means my first day in ScandiRAYvia will be a day that I will likely stumble around wishing I was dead.

If only I could sleep on planes!  But I can’t.  I never really could, but now I really can’t, as I can’t sleep at all without my C-PAP.  I’ve never tried to use my C-PAP on a plane, and I’ve never actually seen anyone else use one on a plane.  However, checking the C-PAP community online I see that many of my fellow Apneans do plug in and use this blessed device while flying.  I think my World Traveller Plus seats will have a power outlet.  Perhaps this should be the time I try to use it while flying?

It would certainly help my first day in Stockholm be a bit less groggy.

After the London leg, it’s a mere two-and-a-half hour flight from Heathrow to Arlanda Airport in Stockholm.  I’m a bit nervous, as there’s only a one hour and twenty minute layover between the two flights.  I sure hope I don’t miss the Stockholm flight.  That would displease me.

Ah, well, I can’t control that part.  I vow to try to enjoy whatever happens.

And now, it’s time to leave for the airport!