Getting Here, Part 1

Chicago-Brussels

 

Friday, Sept 20-Saturday, Sept 21

Chronicled in terms of Canadian Mountain Time



Chicago:

Outside my window is the most incredible sunset I think I’ve ever seen! “It’s like Christmas,” Andrea says, looking at the colours in the sky.









We’ve just gotten into our seats in this incredible Boeing 777, a nine-seats-across jet that is supposed  transport us from here in Chicago to Brussels, Belgium. This metal tube is to be our home for the next 7 hours and 55 minutes, but from the looks of the blankets, chargers and touch-screen TVs, we won’t be roughing it. Andrea and I decided we should just stay here for the next 3 months.

 

12:35 AM This is the first midnight I’ve ever spent eating
 breakfast over Scotland, of all things, 
instead of being home in bed!

 

 

11:53 PM

Even though it’s midnight in Canada, it’s actually daybreak here as we’re approaching the UK. Only a little while ago it was so dark that I was able to witness a falling star trail fire across a larger-than-life Orion suspended above the dark gray Atlantic. Now, it’s bright enough to see the Scottish Isles between the clouds.

The East Coast of Scotland

1:07 AM The intriguing, irregular-shaped patterns of Belgium are now below, some spotted with black and white sheep.  Green fields, red roofs, grey steeples…what a lovely place. I might just stay here!