The first leg is finished. We’re in New York City’s John F. Kennedy Airport waiting for the next flight to Milan. We’re in the Business Class Lounge which has comfortable seating, electrical power, and free soft drinks and snacks. Flying international Business Class enables us to be in the lounge. We’ve got about two hours before the Milan flight boards. From there the calculation says it’s a eight hour flight. That’s plenty long enough!

The Salt Lake Airport was very busy this morning. I’m always surprised at how many people are at that airport every time we go through there. It took about 45 minutes to get through checkin and security after we got to the terminal. That left enough time to get a quick breakfast. The flight left a few minutes late leaving due to waiting for some connecting passengers. We arrived in JFK ontime — scheduled for 4:21 p.m. and we arrived at the gate at 4:23 p.m. Service was good and the flight was full — except for two seats. I wasn’t able to get an upgrade on this flight to New York (Nina did and was in First Class). but I scored a front-row seat in economy with an empty seat between me and the guy sitting by the window. That meant plenty of legroom for the flight. I was happy. So here we are — on our way and life is definitely good.