July 25

After a restless night in the Prague Airport, I was the first to check in (5 am, I was already up) and I went to the gate to “lie down” and take a little nap before the flight left. My first leg was from Prague to Amsterdam, it was a quick hour long flight, with a disappointing breakfast- a ham sandwich (weird, and no coffee). The flight was a little delayed so I speed walked through the huge Amsterdam Airport (which I am very excited to spend more time at in my layovers to come) to get to my gate to leave for Cape Town. I was right on time for the boarding call. The flight was packed and the plane was huge. It left at 10 am and arrived in Cape Town 11 hours later. We flew over the entire continent of Africa- it was amazing. I had questioned KLM’s judgment on having an 11 hour flight during the day, but now I am so glad it was that way. From the Mediterranean above Africa to the southern part of Africa there was nothing but sand. Miles and miles of endless desert sand and every time I would look out the window there would be nothing, no sign of life. Another AWESOME part about the flight was that everyone had individual TVs with numerous movies, TV shows, games, flight tracker, music, and more. I watched several movies, played tetris, and thoroughly enjoyed my flying experience (even with a smelly Dutch teenage boy next to me).