US, 1st impressions
After a long but uneventful flight (saw Madagaskar 2, Quantum of Solace and Yogisha X no Kenshin), I arrived at Portland, my point of entry. Customs and immigration went a lot quicker than expected, I was through before some US citizens that left the plane at the same time. Portland is a fairly new, and not too large airport. Free WiFi, and plenty of seats with power sockets. The pilots of the small jet (Bombardier LRJ700 operated by Horizon Air) where a funny lot. “We appologize for the temperature inside the aircraft. The thingy that normally keeps us cool on the ground is broken. This also starts our engines, so they brought in another thingy to do that. This is the LOUD thing you hear outside.” “In Sacramento we’ll have a quick pitstop to exchange passengers, fuel up, change tires, and hopefully get a new cabin crew” “Jessica and… and… and… the brownhaired one, takeoff positions please”
Sacramento airport looked crap after Portland. It could do with a facelift. Got picked up by the SuperShuttle van, and was dropped off at the hotel. The suite is a nice 2 room one.
Had a good walk around this morning. A few things come to mind. Things are built big here. A lot is built cheaply, or at least cheap looking. Americans love oversize cars. I knew this, of course, but actually seeing that every third car is huge is different.
