Our quest to visit 7 continents, 100 countries, and all 50 states…
Posted in Delta Airlines on Jul 20th, 2011
We departed from New York late (which reminded me of why I dislike returning through NY airports) due to ground-based airplane traffic gridlock at JFK, a slow boarding process, and a reconfiguration of runways (just as we were #1 for takeoff). All told, we landed in Tampa around 12:30am, reaching our home at approximately 1:40am. [...]
Posted in Delta Airlines on Jul 19th, 2011
Yesterday, I forgot to mention that we’d purchased (8 pounds for adults; kids free) roundtrip shuttle tickets to/from our hotel. It worked fairly well from the terminal to the Radisson. However, the 9:15 shuttle for our terminal (4) never showed up. We waited until 9:35, and then I grew impatient. So, we hoped in a [...]
Posted in Delta Airlines, England, London on Jul 19th, 2011
In the very nice SkyTeam lounge, awaiting out flight to NY-JFK.
Here’s a photo Emerson enjoying the good life.
Next update will be from NY. Wish us luck!
We again awoke early, packed up our bags (this always seems to take me more time than it should), and spent a couple more hours walking around Stockholm. Since it was Monday morning, more of the stores were open… this gave us a chance to enjoy some of the Scandinavian design on offer. We also [...]
Posted in Delta Airlines, England, London on Jul 4th, 2011
Our flight over the pond was blissfully uneventful.
Emerson fell asleep in my arms before we taxied out for the runway. After we reached cruising altitude, I put her to sleep in one of the flat bed seats. Libby also fell asleep after enjoying a sundae with all of the fixings. I stayed awake for the [...]