Our quest to visit 7 continents, 100 countries, and all 50 states…
Posted in Delta Airlines, Dubai, Middle East on Mar 10th, 2012
Next stop: Dubai! We’re traveling light on this trip. Carry-on luggage only: Despite rushing around at the last minute to get ready, we managed to get to out of the house and this far relatively stress free. Whew! It feels good to be underway. Here’s Libby ‘living the good life’ in Tampa’s Delta Sky Club: […]
Posted in Delta Airlines on Mar 10th, 2012
A friend shared this video with me a few years back. I thought it appropriate given the amazing Boeing 777-200LR that we’ll be flying on today. While a 15 hour flight will doubtlessly suck, the capacity of modern travel really is amazing… this is a great (and funny) reminder!
Posted in Delta Airlines, Dubai, Middle East on Mar 4th, 2012
At almost this time next week, we should be touching down in Dubai after our non-stop, overnight flight from Atlanta. Here’s roughly what the route looks like: Atlanta to Dubai — Map Also, here’s a link to an article on the world’s longest flights in coach. Dubai to Atlanta (longer due to wind direction) is […]
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 […]