Life in the Land of the Pure, 2024-25 season, episode 1
Life in the Land of the Pure, 2024-25 season, episode 1: Big Old Jet Airliner …. … don’t carry me too far away. A relatively uneventful flight of over 7,000 miles—13 hours in the first leg, 3 1/2 hour layover, 3 1/2 hour second flight—where the only blemish was that my four bags were the last to hit the baggage carousel. Landed at 2am, bags appeared around 3am, got to the embassy around 4. I will say that getting exit row seats for the DC-Doha and Doha-Islamabad flights made the 16 hours in the air sort of tolerable. I recall being in Delhi for President Bush’s 2005 visit where he remarked on the long flight, not sure if he was aware the rest of us didn’t get to do it on Air Force One. The food on Qatar, even in economy, was very good. I want to fly like an Eagle … For your visit Ruth … I met the author and he will still be here at Post and has offered a tour Moving on up …. To a deluxe apartment in the sky … You may recall that when I was here in 2019-20...