My life as a Steward(ess)

(Where else but in London will you find a shop selling both F&C; AND Kebab? :) =====>



I just counted that in the last 10 days I've done 14 airplane take-offs and 14 landings. That's an average of 2.8 ear blockage a day. Which also means 14 bloody airplane meals in the last 10 days. The best food award goes to.... KLM on the flights to Amsterdam -- which is totally different than the meals on flights from Amsterdam. Va savoir. The worse: Garuda Indonesia's burned (literally) fish, and the spicy rice that accompanies it - especially when served on the 9 a.m. flight. Weird concept of breakfast.
(Though I don't think it beats the Polish Airlines meal on international flights: a sandwich of egg and potatoes. Hmmm. Or rather, yukkk!!)

I think someone should do a film on airplane food, like the guy who did a film eating only McDonald's food for a couple of months? This one would be based in a major airport and try everyday a new airplane lunch..

No, I did not find a new job as a plane stewardess. Just been travelling like mad and taking convoluted routes with multiples stops because they were cheaper...
So I went to London (for a conference and, oh, my birthday!), Le Mans (in France - for the wedding of a dear friend of mine), Paris (because, well, it's Paris), Brussels (to see my pompoentje!), Kuala Lumpur, then back to Aceh. More on KL later.

Two things I can conclude from that:
a) to avoid jet-lag, adjust your sleeep to the time of the night of your destination one day in advance, it works perfectly.
and b) I just love travelling! I think it's addictive, the more you get of it, the more you want!
This means that I basically will never be able to have a steady (read: boring) job in Cairo.

I guess I should start looking for a job as a steward after all.

Oh, and about the 'steady job in Cairo': An old friend of mine, Mahmoud El Ashmawy, ranked first in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs entry exam. Kudos to Mahmoud!