Ready, Set, Go!

We are sitting in our partly-filled Saudi Airlines flight to Riyadh. The excitement for what lies ahead is palpable! Some are frantically calling their banks to get credit card authorization for Saudi -- one of the customer service reps had never heard of Saudi and so we had to spell it for her. Mini scare: the plane shut down to pith dark for five minutes; our team pilot (aka, Karen) calmed concerns. Its a twelve hour flight to Saudi -- next posting will be from Riyadh!