Houston day 4

As promised, details about business class...there are three things that make QANTAS business truly excellent and all it's cracked up to be.  (Continental, which is what we flew domestically in the US, is still nice and roomy, and you get a free meal which you don't in economy, but it's not incredibly special.)

1. The seats.  In groups of two, with enough room for each seat to recline to become a fully flat bed.  (Actually, at some stages it felt like my head was actually lower than my feet.)  You can adjust them every which way you want, and they even become massage chairs.  No joke.  The sound of the cabin is always filled with the gentle whirring of people electronically adjusting their seats.  Being able to stretch out makes the flight just kind of boring, not the interminable hell that economy can sometimes feel like.
2. The meals.  The service and the quality of food and the real crockery makes it feel like a restaurant (and a classy one at that), just one where everyone is bizarrely facing the same way in rows.  My only complaint was that what with three courses plus coffees/liqueurs afterwards the meal literally went for hours and I wanted to go to sleep.  And then you can order drinks and decent snack-sized meals at any time during the flight.  Pretty special!
3. The stuff.  You get a nice designer toilet bag with three different kinds of moisturisers and an eye mask and ear plugs and toothbrush and toothpaste..  You get a pair of pyjamas.  You get a nice pillow and a really warm blanket (these you have to give back.)

So there you have it! QANTAS business class was a real treat!
Below are some photos of the apartment we're staying in for the moment.  We're going to look at some places for rent tomorrow! Yay!