DAY 24: Though this is a photo blog I could spend a lot of time giving my observations about international travel and airports. I thought this photo of my seatmate's passport is appropriate to represent the return trip to the good old USA. On the way back in Amsterdam I boarded a connecting flight to Detroit on an Airbus 330. This plane has a 2-4-2 seat configuration and for a transatlantic aircraft it sure is cramped. My seatmate quickly introduced herself and told me she was on the way back from Saudi Arabia where she just concluded a two-week visit with her mother who works for a petroleum company. I found out my seatmate, Mikka, is a 27 year old police officer for a department in Oklahoma. I'll just say that if you met Mikka your first impression would probably not be that she's a law enforcement officer, and she probably uses that to her advantage. She was very charming and it was nice to have a friendly English speaking person next to me for the duration on the eight plus hour flight.
Of the three planes flown on this trip the Fokker 100 between Amsterdam and Bologna was the most comfortable. It is comparable to the D95 flown between St. Louis and Detroit, but with more leg room, better food and a friendlier flight crew.
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