During the little bit of time we had on our layover in London, we ate breakfast at Gordon Ramsey's Plane Food. The only disappointment of the meal was the realization that we should have taken the time to eat there in the past two years of flying through London. I had salmon and eggs and Jenn had delicious (in her words) pancakes and a smoothie.
On the flight, we watched Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. The first part of the movie was all in Moscow so it was cool to see all the places we had just been. Seeing the (spoiler alert, but not really) Kremlin blow up was pretty neat. As with most Mission Impossible movies, the action was all very entertaining while the plot was unnecessarily confusing and nonsensical. I had never heard of Paula Patton before, but she's nice to look at for a couple of hours. Simon Pegg is a funny guy, but he doesn't seem to have much range in that he plays the exact same character in every single movie.
On the ride home, we were upgraded to business class, which was a nice surprise. Every time I get to the point where I've lost faith in the American Airlines AAdvantage program, I am pleasantly surprised by something like this. I was debating whether or not to eat dinner in the DFW airport because I didn't want to eat airplane food. I was convinced that once I bought dinner that we would be upgraded, meaning we'd be treated a nicer meal. I was right, but I still was happy to have my bbq beef sandwich.
Before getting to sleep on an almost fully reclined chair, we watched 21 Jump Street, which I liked a lot more than I expected. It was dumb, but there were some funny things in it. The only question I have is why did the movie have to be called 21 Jump Street? I don't remember the show, but I think besides the premise, there was no real connection between the film and the TV show. It could have just been a movie about cops going undercover back in high school and it still would have worked fine.
http://blogislava.blogspot.com/2012/07/airplane-reviews-to-austin-back-again.html
