Day 1 and 2

Hey everybody,

I made it! I left Chicago on American Airlines at 5:05 pm Monday night. The flight was packed but the trip wasn't as bad as I expected it to be. I ate 2 meals, saw 2 movies and played lots of PSP. New high score in Lumines is 225,000. That game is more addictive than crack.

Landed in Paris 8 hours later, 8:30 am local time. I had a 2 hour layover. (You can smoke in the terminal in Paris.) Waited at a gate for a bus to take us to our plane. Surprisingly almost 75% of the travelers were not Indian. The Air France flight to Bangalore was nearly empty so I got to spread out. Also the service, food, entertainment on Air France is EXCELLENT. Alcoholic drinks are free. Movies and games on demand. They even had a GPS map showing you where you are and cameras showing you the view from the cockpit. I highly recommend Air France.

9 hours later I landed in Bangalore. The airport was small but pretty normal inside. There were lots of baggage handlers / beggars, mosquitoes and 2 wild dogs outside. I found a driver waiting for me. He went to get the car and we drove 15 minutes through Bangalore to the Taj Westend. That's were I'm at now. It's a beautiful hotel the room is huge, the people are really nice, the eggs were cold this morning but they did have bacon! :>

A driver is due to pick me up here at noon to take me to Mysore. Mysore is about three hours drive south of a Bangalore. That's where I'll be working for the next 4 weeks.