In Chicago

I'm now in Chicago and I'm feeling much better after a decent nights sleep.

The flight over was fine -- nothing extra good or bad. I didn't get the 'Asian Vegetarian Meal' that I ordered, but the meal I did have was perfectly edible. The seats were a bit old school without the 'winged' head support which you tend to get nowadays. However, there were PTVs so I was able to keep track of the journey on the Moving Map.

One bit of drama I observed happened when we were taxiing for take-off at LHR. There were 3 ambulances parked by an American Airlines 777, as we passed a stretcher emerged from one of the rear doors of the plane. The patient was obviously in a bad way as there was non-stop chest compressions going on -- all the while as the stretcher was lifted from the plane and then moved to an ambulance, full on ER style.

After a short queue to take-off we turned on to the runway and a couple of places in the line up was a SQ A380 (9V-SKF). They sure do look dumpy!

We arrived into Chicago O'Hare about 30 mins ahead of schedule and then had a lengthy trip to the gate. Immigration was very quick and I didn't get any dumb questions. In fact the agent barely managed a grunt. There was then a longish wait for my luggage before I navigated the airport to find the train to the city.