Our flight from Dubai was our 9th flight of the trip, and the longest one yet- 14 hours! Fortunately, Emirates Airlines is niiiice. We had individual screens with hundreds of TV and movie choices, and the food was very tasty. They also have in-flight calling and text-ing and emailing capability, so we called our families at midnight PST and EST to say "Happy New Year! I am in a plane and it's $5 a minute so I can't talk, but I love you!" Another super neat feature of Emirates, is that they have cameras mounted on the front and bottom of the plane, so you can watch the views. Juan napped some, but I didn't manage to, so after 4 movies, 4 TV episodes, and 3 in flight meals, I was very ready to disembark.
Tired, poorer, huddled, and yearning to breathe free, we arrived in New York City, NY, USA. We are staying at my aunt Amy's in Brooklyn Heights, and it is enough of a taste of home that I was ecstatically happy to arrive despite complete exhaustion. We dropped our luggage of and went straight to eat the best welcome back meal we could ask for- pizza at the famous Grimaldi's. The walk along the promenade was chilly but beautiful with the sunset and the NY skyline, although we were too out of it to take pictures. The pizza was everything Juan had promised it would be, and well worth the hour long wait in 40 degree weather. After 11 or 12 very much needed ours of sleep and some very much needed cleaning of our laundry, we are ready to go out and explore the city.
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