Once upon a time, well to be precise on a warm August Sunday BBQ evening, after way too many G&Ts and/or too much wine, and no doubt attempting to get an entertaining reaction out of Mrs. SFO, I mentioned that I've always been intrigued by and wanted to go to India, and that we should go... this winter. As many of you know, my Princess is fond of the good life, especially first world destinations and five star hotels. Her idea of camping is a hotel without room service.
Her reaction was exactly what I expected... after a few choice obscenities, she pronounced flat out "I'm not going to effing India. No way, No how". Well, tell me how you really feel. Ever the smart kid and sensing an opportunity to again travel in style on dad's dime, Denver son SFO777jr chimed in with "Well, I'll go". And so it began with Mrs. SFO giving her blessing with one proviso "just don't bring back any diseases".
So today, our still unmarried son SFO777jr and I are off on a boys' week in India but more importantly a sampling of some great First Class service. But what an ordeal to get to this point. We endured numerous shots and pills to protect against hepatitis, yellow fever, malaria, etc... And as I sit here looking at our three treatments for diarrhea (mild, medium and you don't want to be in the same time zone), perhaps Mrs. SFO is indeed the smartest one in the family.
And don't even get me started on the India visa process. Wow, one really has to want to go to put up with this bulls**t. Seriously, it took six hours and $100 just to complete the visa application... trips to get passport photos (but only at place where the will give you a digital copy), a visit to a historical museum (aka the US post office) for a money order, and a website that apparently doesn't like Steve Jobs. Armed with our visa, shots and meds, we are ready to go!
-American Admirals Club at DEN
-American Airlines First Class Denver-Chicago
-American Admirals Club at ORD H/K
-Swiss First Class Lounge at ORD
-Swiss First Class Chicago-Zurich
-Swiss First Class Lounge at ZRH
-Swiss First Class Zurich-Delhi
-Imperial Hotel Delhi
-Delhi
-Delhi to Agra
-ITC Mughai Hotel Agra
-The Taj Mahal
-Agra
-Train to Japiur
-Taj Jai Palace Hotel Jaipur
-Jaipur
-Jet Airways Business Class Jaipur-Mumbai
-The Oberoi Mumbai
-Mumbai
-Clipper Lounge at BOM
-Jet Airways Business Class Mumbai-Colombo
-Lotus Lounge at CMB
-Emirates Lounge at CMB
-Emirates Business Class Colombo-Dubai
-Emirates First Class Lounge at DXB
-Emirates First Class Dubai-London
-British Airways Concorde Room at LHR
-British Airways First Class London-Los Angeles
-United Club at LAX
-United First Class LAX-Denver
On yet another beautiful sunny Denver morning, SFO777jr and I are off today on a boys' week in India. Our driver picked us up at 7:45A and 30 minutes later we were at Level 5 of DIA Terminal East. Not a soul at Pre-Check and I was thru security in 30 seconds. SFO777jr, still waiting for his Global Entry interview, was banished to the regular security emerging 7 minutes later, and we boarded the train to the A concourse and the Admirals Club.. Who said the AC doesn't serve breakfast?
As I was downloading iphone pics, I discovered some pics of the Nuggets-Rocket game from Wednesday night. OK, I guess we all know where this report is going. And no Mrs. SFO to worry about. 
More mostly recycles pics of the DEN Admirals Club.
At T-25, we headed out to nearby Gate A45.
AA 3613
DEN-ORD
CR7
February 2, 2013
9:35A-12:55P
Seats 2C and 3C
Refreshments
Full PDB and excellent service by pleasant and attentive FA. Refreshments today consisted of the questionably named "Gourmet Snack Mix" and, on request the cheese snack.
On time arrival at ORD, but H4 was occupied so we sat in the Penalty Box for 40 minutes waiting for a gate to open. Those with 1:30P connections were not amused. OTOH, who in their right mind would accept a 35 ORD minute connection in the winter. Once in the terminal, we had a delicious lunch at Rick Bayless' Frontera.
