Ah, winter time in New York.  I wonder when I’ll be back.  It’s a good thing I did not celebrate Christmas or New Year there since there was a blizzard and I might freeze to death.  I am still not used to cold weather.  But I do want to experience celebrating New Year’s in New York and see the ball drop in Times Square.  Maybe next time.

Anyway, speaking of New York, how did I get there in the first place.  It wasn’t by land or sea; it was by air.  And by air travel I meant riding in one of my favorite airlines, EVA Airways.  And since it’s a Taiwanese airline, they pronounce it as “ee-vi-yah” airways.  I hear it as 3 syllables instead of 2.  In America they say it “ee-vah” while Filipinos might say it as “eh-vah”.  Now EVA Airways is my favorite airline going to the east coast.  I have ridden in Continental Airlines before and ugh!  I hated the experience.  My recline was broken, the food was so-so, and the seat itself was not comfortable.  The only good thing I can say about Continental Airlines is that they have a vast selection of movies, which can also be a disadvantage because I ended up watching 3 Harry Potter movies all in one sitting.  That was 9 hours straight of watching.  By the time I finished, I had a headache because I wasn’t able to sleep.

Now, let me go back to Eva Airways.  I absolutely looooove Eva Air.  The seat is very comfortable.  You don’t have to bring a travel pillow because their chair has built-in neck support.  The back of the seat reclines and the thing you are sitting on moves forward.  Think of a lazy-boy type of chair.  It was very comfortable.  Plus, I loved the fact that slippers are provided together with a blanket and a pillow.  And this was just an economy flight.

The food was good too.  Check out the pictures to see what food they served.

The only downside I see with Eva Air is that their movie selection is not that vast.  You can only count with your fingers the movies they offer.  Plus they have Chinese movies which foreigners like me won’t really appreciate.

Overall, my experience with Eva Air had been wonderful.  Especially my trip home from New York.  Our flight was not fully booked.  There was a lot of free space and I was lucky enough to have no one sitting in front of me, beside me and behind me.  So I laid down and took up three seats.  I slept like a baby.  Actually, I felt more like a pig being fattened up to be butchered.  My trip was more than 20 hours.  I was stuck in an airplane and the only thing I did was to eat and sleep and eat and sleep and eat and sleep.  Include there also the occasional times that I watch movies, but mostly air travel means pigging out.

If you are thinking of going to the East Coast, are willing to travel for more than 20 hours and feel like a pig being fattened up, I highly recommend Eva Air.  You won’t regret it.

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