Our quest to visit 7 continents, 100 countries, and all 50 states…
Posted in England, London, RTW 2013, United Kingdom on Jun 24th, 2013
Our seven-hour, overnight flight to London was blissfully uneventful. Emerson fell asleep well before take-off and remained zonked out until we awoke her to have breakfast before landing in London. Libby was also went “lights out” shortly after we were “wheels up.” I stayed awake to watch Hyde Park on Hudson and then called it […]
Posted in Delta Airlines, Michigan, Ohio, RTW 2013 on Jun 22nd, 2013
Made it to Detroit with time to spare. So, our diversion was just a free trip to Ohio. Next stop: LHR
Posted in Delta Airlines, Ohio, RTW 2013 on Jun 22nd, 2013
Well, we’ve just landed in Cleveland. Weather in Detroit forced us to divert here for additional fuel as we couldn’t hold long enough in the air. Ugh. Our flight to London leaves in 5 hours. This shouldn’t have been close, but I fear this will delay us for a number of hours. Not an ideal […]
Posted in Delta Airlines, RTW 2013 on Jun 22nd, 2013
Well, the “big day” is finally here. We’re heading east: around the world! As usual, the pre-departure week has been hectic. Too much to do; too little time to do it. One would think we’d start getting ready for such a trip earlier. We don’t. We know the drill: pack very light, fill up the […]
Posted in Delta Airlines, Hong Kong, Japan on Mar 21st, 2013
We left Hong Kong around 8:30am, arriving in Tokyo a little after 1:00pm. Score (+1 country)! Sadly, our visit to Japan was even shorter than our visit to South Korea (on this trip anyway), and we departed around 3:00pm for Seattle. We flew on one of Delta’s Airbus A330s, which was formerly part of the […]