Travel Day, Depart Fresno


Dec 6: 5am taxi to airport. Flight to Seattle. Depart FAT 6:35a. We will have quite a wait in Seattle but it is better to be sure we really depart and arrive in Seattle on time for our Reykjavik flight. We killed a little time by having breakfast at Anthony's Restaurant at SEA TAC. 




We were told it is "a long walk" to our gate in the international terminal but in reality it was a short enough walk and airport train ride to the gate. There were some comfortable chairs and tables there so we were able to elevate our legs and John took a nap. 

Icelandair is okay. They did ask everyone to come up and have their carryon back measured for compliance. It was a full flight. John's back didn't make the cut but mine squeaked by with some shoving into the allotted space. In reality, the bags would have both fit in the storage space but John didn't mind checking it (free). 

We boarded our flight to Reykjavik on tine and left by the 2:40p scheduled time. The flight was no frills for sure. We did get a complementary soda, water, or coffee but this is the first time I have ever been charged for food on an international flight. We had a couple snacks with us anyway. I did buy a little pizza but it was pitiful and I wouldn't do that again. It didn't even closely resemble the pizza in their menu photo. The flight attendants were friendly, they give us a pillow and blanket. Before long it was dark and our next stop would be KEF!  

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