Languages
Fellow Gastronauts
Fellow travellers
Categories
Meta
Monthly Archives: October 2002
USA 4 – Grand Canyon
Saturday – we check out from Bally’s and collect our hire car – nothing fancy – a Chevy Cavalier with usual incomprehensible ding-dong noises and crazy “central locking system” that requires you to press an assortment of buttons. Have GM … Continue reading
Posted in USA
Leave a comment
USA 3
My second full day in Vegas today. Much like the first: wake up at 4-5 am due to jet lag, toss and turn around in bed, eventually I get up, check mail, breakfast, then off to the convention centre. I’m … Continue reading
Posted in USA
Leave a comment
USA 2
As it turned out, my flight to IAD left at the same pier A as my arriving flight from VCE. But this is no consolation: gate A56 is upstairs in the long distance area, whilst gate A28 is downstairs in … Continue reading
Posted in USA
Leave a comment
USA 1
Looooong day flying today – a trip to the USA beckons! I set off through the usual morning traffic to Venice airport – a full hour and a half is required – I’m always disconcerted when about 10 minutes after … Continue reading
Posted in USA
Leave a comment
Drumshanbo
Another grey and wet day. I have the flight out at 16:00, but there’s a few meetings before that! We quickly meet a guy in a hotel just off the Dublin ring road, then we’re off to the countryside! Destination: … Continue reading
Posted in Ireland
Leave a comment
Dublin
A grey drizzly day. Ok, the Emerald Isle must get rain to stay green I suppose…. My MII’s family problems have caused disarray in the trip. Ivan (despite the Russian name, he is a genuine Irishman) tries to reorganise visits … Continue reading
Posted in Ireland
Leave a comment
Dublin
Ryanair gets me to Dublin in a B737 decidedly older than the Treviso-Stansted leg, with a far narrower seat pitch. But the flight is only one hour, so no big deal. DUB is a 1970′s concrete style airport in need … Continue reading
Posted in Ireland
4 Comments
Stansted
Another departure lounge. The flight from Treviso was uneventful, smooth baggage pickup at Stansted, where my Woman in UK was waiting for me. Went with her to eat and talk shop. Located a self-service café-restaurant in the terminal and helped … Continue reading
Posted in Ireland
Leave a comment
The Emerald Isle
Short hop this week over tio Ireland. Hey, I’m curious, I’ve never been to the place before! I’m flying Ryanair, so no Chardonnay, no lounges, indeed, no service at all. Not even any seat allocation. You are handed your boarding … Continue reading
Posted in Ireland
Leave a comment