Travel & Tourist, Essay No. 2

For this creative writing assignment, I had to write a descriptive paragraph about a trip. As with the previous post, I chose to write as a travel critic, since I want to be a National Geographic photographer and writer when I grow up.

American Airlines Plane Ride

by Star H.

by Star H.

Last month I traveled on American Airline, from Chicago, IL to Orlando, Florida. It was a three hour trip. Although I have been on planes before, this was the first time I had traveled on American Airline to Florida.

It took a little while to find the right waiting area, and to find where to check  in my luggage , but for the most part, nothing out of the ordinary happened. The plane was a little late, which was a bit of a problem for me because I had to catch a bus which came to the Orlando station ten minutes after the plane was supposed to land. But it turned out OK because the bus ended up being late.

The plane was not too crowded, so I found my seat easily. The leg room, even in the first class, was so small. I couldn’t even stick my carry-on on the floor and put my legs in front of me. After a lot of readjusting, I concluded with sticking my legs on my carry-on. Then, I turned on the light above my seat so I could read. After I had finished, I was going to take a nap because I had to go to a late meeting that evening. Well, the light above my chair would not turn off. I even asked one of the flight attendants to help me. He rolled his eyes as if to say “ you can’t even turn off a light” , but when he tried and failed he looked a little embarrassed and said, “ I’m sorry ma’am. I guess it’s stuck.” I just gave him the “I told you so” look.

After we had taken off, I had a meal on the plane. It was a main course of roast beef, with a side of mashed potatoes and carrots. I have to say that I was not pleased with the meal. For one thing you have to be in first class to get the meal, and as for the meal itself, it was so salty that I drank about eight glasses of water afterward.  As you can expect, it became a problem about half way through the trip.

It was pretty easy to find my luggage and catch my bus. Although I prefer other airlines,  American Airline was  preferable to many others I have traveled on.

One thought on “Travel & Tourist, Essay No. 2

  1. Emma

    Smashing picture daaaling!! =)I’m so sorry about your light switch experience. And 8 glasses of water? Yeah, I can see where that might be a problem.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *