Moving from Beloit to Brazil

So after a very nice visit with Adam in Beloit, we finished up the visit with brunch at Denny's. (Nothing like easy over eggs, sausage, pancakes, and hash browns to remind one about what makes the States famous.)

From brunch Dan and I headed for Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.

We got in pretty early.

The flight was slated for 9:30 p.m. but was pushed back to 10:30 p.m.

We arrived at the airport about 3 p.m.

Yep, that meant a lot of time sitting around. Fortunately, Dan is a member of the Red Carpet Club. So we sat in relative comfort and had plenty of free soft drinks, cheese and crackers, and vegetables and dip.

We also had a Wi-Fi connection so Dan was able to take care of e-mail and other online goodies. The really cool part was talking with his wife via SKYPE. (This is a great set up for free communication between Skype members and really cheap phone calls to non-members.)

Eventually we left the club for the departure gate.

We climbed on board and were lucky enough NOT to have anyone next to us.

Dan was able to stretch out and be comfortable.

The 9 nine and a half hour flight went pretty quickly. (Slept a lot on the overnight flight.)

Got to Sao Paulo, picked up our bags, cleared customs and headed for the check-in area for the flight to Brasilia.

We arrived in Brasilia at 5 p.m. ADT (Atlantic Daylight Time).

That meant from the time we got on the plane (10:30 p.m. CDT) until we got off in Brasilia (5 p.m.) we were traveling for almost 16 hours. (Suddenly makes those 2 hour trips to Ypsilanti seem easy.)

So now we are in Brasilia.