Thoughts on a plane

Plane rides still never fail to fascinate me. As I hear the engines roar and feel my body pushed back into the seat, adrenaline runs through my veins. Not in a paranoid driven way, but in a "I am casting off to new lands" way. It's fascinating how all the land you could cover on foot becomes a tiny dot, and fades away as you ascend into the clouds.

Speaking of clouds, I realize how much you can appreciate them up close. Seemingly large solid masses in the sky, all but just droplets of water having a friendly congregation.  However, they do become a little less friendly when you try to force your way through them. Cloud turbulence, one of my favourite sensations. Watch yourself enter the bowels of said clouds, all the while thinking of "zero gravity" physics problems. (You actually experience no normal force, gravity is always acting!)

And of course, you can't have a food oriented blog without food right? There's something inexplicably cute about airplane meals.  Yeah, yeah, it's not your traditional gourmet fare, but eating a four course meal that come in miniature portions? How about dining over the polar icecaps? Priceless.

A 15+ hour airplane ride might be exhausting, but there are moments that just struck my as oh so sweet. Kicking back with a book and a drink, while zooming through the atmosphere, not bounded by roads or fences. That is what make plane rides beautiful.