So it turns out that I'm not a huge fan of flying. Especially when the plane lands and bursts a tire. All those episodes of Aircrash Investigation came in handy as I imagined disaster-like scenarios. I was sitting in row 2 though, and the people in the emergency exit row were fat old ladies; if the worst-case had played out, my plan was to use one of them as a landing cushion.

Mmmmn yes, I had it all planned out.

*Actually it was totally not that dramatic at all, but still, didn't do wonders for my general sense of impending doom whilst flying...