From Oakland to São Jorge, by the numbers

I'm too tired/jetlagged/time confuzzled to put together something terribly coherent (and I reeeeeeally want to go to sleep but still feel obligated to post something for consistency's sake), so here's a bunch of numbers detailing my trek from Oakland to São Jorge. Listicles are the cool thing these days anyway, right?

Hours waited to check luggage? One.

-Never expect large groups of Portuguese people do to anything in a timely manner.

Line jumping jerks sem vergonha nenhuma? Two.

-Yes, please jump in front of me when my section finally gets to the gate instead of getting into the back of the line like everyone else.

-Because they’re not trying to get us to board the plane back to front in an orderly fashion.

-Because the rules don’t apply to you.

-Yes, you two pretending not to understand English.

-Yes, I do understand Portuguese. 

-It's because of my baby face, isn't it?

-Tal falta de vergonha.

Countries set foot in? Three.

-Okay, we didn't get off the plane in Toronto. But I was on Canadian soil, damn it.

Empty seats in my row? One!

-Did I sprawl out on both seats and sleep like a baby? Mmmhmmm.

Hours slept? No idea, (because of pesky time zone math) but pretty much straight from after dinner service to breakfast. Speaking of which…

In-flight meals? 2.5

-Dinner

-After dinner coffee

-Breakfast

Discount on SATA ticket next year because of the 24 hour delay? 50%!

-Guess who's probably coming back next year as a graduation present to herself?

Flights taken? Two.

Oakland to Terceira (w/ the aforementioned pitstop in Toronto)

Terceira to Sao Jorge

Hours in the air? Twelve-ish.
-OAK->TOR? 7ish
-TOR->TER? 5ish
-TER->SJZ? .5ish

Airports with free wifi? Three!

-OAK

-TER

-SJZ

-Meanwhile, LAX still doesn’t. A rock in the middle of nowhere has free airport wifi, but not LAX. Because LAX sux.

Maracujas drunk today? Three!

-1 Fanta

-2 Kima

-So far, Katherine is right: Kima is better.

-But I need a bigger sample size to be sure, and I still haven’t had Sumol either. For science!

Cousins seen today? Greater than or equal to five.

-Maaaaybe that family on the flight?

-Pedro, Arnalda, and baby Inês

-Carlos and Cidalia

But the feeling of returning home? Unquantifiable.