When I get on a plane, I ask the attendant to allocate me an aisle seat, because I want to get up and go to the toilet whenever I like. Especially, on a flight of 10 hours or more, I put the practical side above a beautiful view of sky from a window seat.
The flight from Seattle to Las Vegas is only a few hours, so I had thought that I could take a seat by the window.
However, the allocation system seemed to have brokeｎ down, so they couldn’t allocate any seats. Even when we checked in, we didn't know where our seats would be! The attendant said that we would be given the seats when we got to the check in gate, D8. However, when we went to D8, another attendant said, “I'm sorry, but we haven’t allocated the seats yet. I’ll call you again in twenty minutes, so please wait a little more. ” Finally, she called us, but she gave a seat number to my cousin only and said, “Oh, you are two. I’m sorry. Would you wait for a while?” Therefore, firstly, my cousin boarded the plane. I had to continue waiting.
I became very anxious. I was worried about my seat, but the proverb, “Saving the best for last” seemed to be true. Finally, I was given a window seat. How lucky!!
I had thought that we could see the view only when we took off and landed. However, I could see the beautiful view from the window throughout the flight probably because the flight's attitude was low, and there weren’t so many clouds. Actually, I had been very sleepy because of a jet lag before getting on the plane, but I became wide awake because I could see such amazing views.

	We could see many small clouds drifting under the plane. It was such a pleased sight.
	Now, we were approaching Las Vegas! It is such a big city in the middle of the desert.

(2003.6.9)

to the TOP	Trip to Seattle in the summer of 2001
	Pigs in Seattle	A place connected with "Twin Peaks"