philadelphia international

So I'm en route to Karlsruhe, Germany. I've had the insatiable desire to tweet my every move ever since I got into SFO. Since I just now got access to the interwebs (after 5.5 hrs at Philly Int'l), it makes more sense to write a blog post.

SFO security was super quick and easy this time around. Not even a line. The wait was short and I was sleepy.

Window seat on an exit row. Plenty of comfortable space, and it seems we didn't go down so I didn't have to "perform exit row duties." I mean, not that there would have been much i could do if we went down on the mainland. Right?

The beautiful thing about a winter red-eye is that you take off and land in the dark. I love watching the lights. I could pinpoint what I was looking at pretty exactly on take off. I saw the SF city hall and the marina and the blackness of the bay, sliced by the Golden Gate Bridge.

Somewhere in the middle I looked out of my window, and we'd come to a cloudless region. I could see all the stars in the sky and all the lights on the ground. My world was ablaze with distant fireflies...

Someone behind me was coughing and blowing his nose most of the way there. He also smelled like cabbage. So you know, you can't win them all.

When I landed, I looked over itinerary. You'd think I would have done this when I purchased the tickets, or at least sometime before leaving... :) I learned that I have a ten hour layover in Philadelphia. Well this is good fun...

I am about seven hours into my stay in Philly and I feel like I know this airport pretty well now. I've explored a big portion of it before I could find where I could get my free wireless. Google, get over here already!

I looked at an art exhibit here and at a later pass-through, I saw it being dismantled.

I keep seeing people I think I know, but they are doppelgangers. That's how it is when a large crowd is moving around you. Most every person of every type passes through an airport at any given moment. I should maybe do some sketching...

I am determined not to sleep until I get on the planem even though I am exhausted. I get on at 4:30pm Eastern time which will be 10pm in Frankfurt. I had some coffee and later I intend to have some wine to knock me out. Woot for substance dependence. Hmm...

Ok, well... I guess that's it for now. It didn't end up as interesting of a post as I hoped, but ... whatever. Later, suckas! I got Europing to do!!