25 hours later

one of the perks about moving to Doha is the business class ticket the company provides.  so we made sure to check-in on time with plenty of time to hit up the lounge.  after all if you are going to be spending 21 hours in the air there needs to be plenty of liquor, i hate to fly. 

relaxing in the lounge before we board

and just our luck the plane is delyed because someone got sick on the previous flight so we were delayed for 2 hours.  making our connecting flight in london an hour, we were trying to figure out how to get to doha because that would not be enough time to transfer terminals, take a bus ride, and go back through security.  so it looked like we would be exploring heathrow for about 9 to 12 hours.  but at least we were together and we could sleep in the lounge there.  time to enjoy our flight on british airways. 

our seats were backwards and makes for an interesting ride

a glass of champagne before take off

i know i shouldn't complain about the free upgrade to business but i have to say it was a disappointment, the seats are just a few inches wider, instead of 5 people in the middle there are 4, and you sit facing each other, plus the staff was not friendly.  

salad and first course

fancy tv dinner

that is all the pics from that adventure.  and after a 10 hour flight we made it to london at 2:45pm our next flight was at 3:45pm.  yup, we would not be on that flight.  so we took our time twisting, turning, up an escalator, just to take an elevator down, wait for the train, more walking down a corridor, wait for a bus, 15 minutes on that bus.  finally at the right terminal, wait wait we have to go through security again.  we are so lucky to get behind the one man who has never flown and does not remove his jacket, belt, has change in his pocket, has his shoes on, and there are signs all over with pictures telling you what to do, tsa was very calm in explaining things to him i was the one who wanted to yell.  ahhh we are through, one more escalator ride up and we hear over the load speaker "qatar airways flight final call for doha".  like the scene from homealone we took off running like two crazy americans yelling at people to move, the desk clerk sees us running and throws his hand in the air signaling the way to us, we get there and they ask "are you the johnson's" "YES!" this way, we made it!!! get on the plane out of breath, they take our carry-ons and wow this is business class.  no pictures because on qatar airways they take care of everything there were 2 flight attendants for only 12 people.  food was really good served in really nice porcelain china.  and 8 hours later we landed in doha.  our luggage did not, of course, but was delivered to our door first thing in the morning. 

~xoxo mo