Mike's Good Deed

We are in England. It is 6:18 p.m. here (10:18 a.m. Calif. time). We are wiped out! Neither of us slept well on the plane. We walked into the down town area of Reading after we settled into our hotel. Ate lunch at an Italian restaurant that had very different style food than I am used to. We must have appeared odd to the waiter as we were so tired we would sometimes forget what we were saying and sort of zone out. Came back and gave in and took a 2-3 hour nap.

My coach seat did not get upgraded as both planes we were on were very full and overbooked. Mike gave his 1st class seat from LAX to Dallas to a service man who was on the plane. The young man was very grateful. It worked out nicely because the seat Mike traded the guy for was right by me in the back. We sat together for that leg of the journey. The flight attendant would not charge Mike for his drink order later in the flight, she said'Good deeds should be rewarded'. It was a neat experience.

Our hotel sits right on the Thames and there is a lovely patio with a view of many beautiful swans relaxing in the water. Looking forward to having breakfast there in the morning.

Going to try to eat dinner now -- although my body doesn't know which end is up! ~Gina