October 30th- in the air and Finland

“Woken up” for breakfast if I even slept.  Lie flat beds were comfortable although a bit small and so many settings to adjust.  One good thing is that my regular breathing machine just plugged in and fit nicely on the seat divider so glad I didn’t spend 900 dollars on a “portable” one!  I did need the adapter I bought and halfway thru the night it stopped working. But fortunately when I changed the plug to another outlet it worked again.   Found out from the flight attendant sitting next to me that the reason Air Italy was flying this route for Finnair was that a couple weeks ago one of the cranes for washing windows poked a hole in the fuselage so the Finnair plane is being repaired so a bit hard to review Finnair’s service.  I’m not scheduled back on Finnair until April 2.  The Air Italy crew was very nice and attentive serving only 18 of us business class elite. The attendant told me it was snowing in Helsinki yesterday.   Another attendant just gave me the names of some squares to walk thru in Helsinki during my 14 hour layover so we will see if Try that!

Morning update:  Instead so far I stopped by the Finnair Lounge.  Very nice although no sauna since they are undergoing renovations.  Since I wasn’t sure if I’d slept much on the plane I availed myself of one of the two “Go Sleep” sleeping pods.  It even accompanied my breathing machine but had to be a bit Houdini like to squeeze in there and especially when taking my shirt off and putting it back in inside the pod before emerging after about 3 hours.  Now the Lounge is jammed so either off to the other lounge that has showers or into town.   Although I may not do that since the Air Italy guy told me it was freezing and nothing to do.  Jen and Meg I hope your pods are a bit bigger in Sydney Australia over New Years although I think you could tolerate them better than I did. If anyone wants out if this exciting blog please let me know!