We'll soon board our flight to Japan (NRT), where we transfer to our flight to Singapore (SIN), where we overnight and catch our flight to Hong Kong (HKG) the following morning.
As usual, the method in our madness is that we maximize our miles, our upgrade cleared all the way (and we're still biting our fingernails and hoping our non-stop from Hong Kong back through San Francisco - a notoriously competitive route for upgrades - clears), and the price was right.
We're well rested after a pleasant overnight in the SEA Doubletree and, as the UAL ads say, it's time to fly.
Kathy and Brian
Two retired educators alternating joyfully between seeing the world and enjoying our eight grandchildren (in order of birth), Jake, Avery, Taegan, Lily, Peyton, Riley, Blane, and Jace.
Kathy and Brian met in the clarinet section of the University of California (Santa Barbara) Symphony Orchestra several decades ago.
Brian's Western Canadian roots and Kathy's Colorado ties resulted in their making beautiful music together along with producing a cross-border crop of descendants.
Kathy spent a year studying in Vienna at the Institute for European Studies and the University of Vienna.
Brian started the school band program in Hope, British Columbia, and later became the high school's vice-principal for 6 years and subsequently principal for 15 years before retiring in 2001.
Kathy, in between raising our three children, taught kindergarten and first grade, middle school, and high school - mathematics, computer studies, ESL, and her first love, band, before retiring in 2001.
We enjoy sharing our travel experiences and providing the odd travel tip to friends, relatives, and visitors.