Trip to Portugal Day 0: Getting off the ground...

 

A very short day. Got a ride to SFO, went through ticketing, passport control, security check, and boarded the plane to Frankfurt.  The only interesting bit about this part of the process was that at boarding time our Lufthansa took our pictures, but did not ask for boarding passes at all. 

Short flight overview.  We flew in a 2-story Boeing 747. Don't know what is located upstairs - did not get to see it, but this plane has by the looks of it about as many first class and business class rows as it does economy rows. We sat in economy rows in the middle isle close to the back of the plane - the cheapest seats on the plane.  

Good things:  Checked-in luggage and carry-on (our fare included them), two meals, drinks including wine and beer, nice movie catalog.

Bad things: probably the narrowest seats I've sat in on international flights over the past 10-15 years.  It's not even the leg room per se - although also nothing to write home about - it is the width of the seats.  10 seats per row will do it.

Waiting at the ticketing.

For the most part I took advantage of the movie catalog and got caught up on several Marvel movies. The full list:

* Bill and Ted Face the Music: B: nice, but could be better.

* Spiderman: Far From Home: B:  some nice moments, otherwise, just checking the box

* Eternals: B:  I have a feeling all my MCU movie reviews are going to be in the B range - professionally made movies that use the tropes that I don't necessarily care very much for.

* Spiderman: No Way Home: B+: I know that there was a lot of hype before the release of the movie, I wound up reading a lot of analysis of released trailers, and predictions. Seems like every single prediction came to be, which makes me wonder if those were not predictions at all, but rather leaks carefully pretending to be predictions. Anyways, I like Toby McGuire, and he is good in this movie.

This is pretty much it, arrival to Frankfurt marks pretty much the beginning of Day 1.

Steps: around 3000 according to my watch. Hard to know exactly, as the watch reset in the middle of the flight, but 3000 is a good estimate.

International Terminal at SFO has an outside viewing area.

Next Day:  fly from Frankfurt to Lisbon, get a car, drive to Obidos, stopping on the way at a Lidl store.