Monday, 30 March 2015
Sunrise on Monday
.... and your ship awaits, madam ....
These are views from our room. You can see the walkway high up to the right of the ship which leads to the disco - Sarah and Chris will remember from 2012, I'm sure ....
These are views from our room. You can see the walkway high up to the right of the ship which leads to the disco - Sarah and Chris will remember from 2012, I'm sure ....
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We watched a few films each on the main flight out.
We both watched "The Jersey Boys" about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons which was a great film and I guess also a super stage show.
I then watched "Gone Girl" with Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike - a bit far-fetched and with some very colourful language and then almost all of "The Imitation Game".
Elizabeth also watched "Pride" and loved it "Paddington" of course - how could she not?! She also watched the last Christmas episode of Downton Abbey.
On the short hop Delta flight from Atlanta to Fort Lauderdale - much shorter than scheduled - they had free wifi above 10,000 feet - why can't we at home?!
We both watched "The Jersey Boys" about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons which was a great film and I guess also a super stage show.
I then watched "Gone Girl" with Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike - a bit far-fetched and with some very colourful language and then almost all of "The Imitation Game".
Elizabeth also watched "Pride" and loved it "Paddington" of course - how could she not?! She also watched the last Christmas episode of Downton Abbey.
On the short hop Delta flight from Atlanta to Fort Lauderdale - much shorter than scheduled - they had free wifi above 10,000 feet - why can't we at home?!
Sunday, 29 March 2015
Stopover in Atlanta
Having taken off 40 minutes late, we arrived here at 3.10pm US time on what turned out to be Virgin Atlantic's maiden flight from Manchester to Atlanta - is that the best sort of flight for a Virgin plane?!
The PA at the start was at pains to make clear that there were always two pilots on the flight deck.
Entertainment, food and drink were fab on board - almost all drinks were free. We had a low-level medical emergency on the flight - a woman was having trouble breathing but the cabin crew were excellent and I'm sure they upped the cabin pressure as I suddenly felt much more alert!
It was quite a rocky ride coming down in to Atlanta but we both survive - just!
Even the fire truck turned out to christen us with water as we taxied up to the air bridge
We then joined the mother of all queues to get into the US. Finally a member if staff told us that if we had previously used the ESTA we had we could go through an auto immigration check-in - which we did.
Graeme's case then went walkabout and, after some panicking, we found it on the carousel for the flight from Heathrow.
We're currently enjoying the shops and are about to hit McDonald's - what happened to the 5:2 diet?! But then it's not quite Monday yet, even in the UK!
We're now at the gate for Fort Lauderdale. Just under two hours of a flight and then to the hotel ..... and so to bed, as Samuel Pepys would say!
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| Surprise, surprise, look where we've ended up! |
The PA at the start was at pains to make clear that there were always two pilots on the flight deck.
Entertainment, food and drink were fab on board - almost all drinks were free. We had a low-level medical emergency on the flight - a woman was having trouble breathing but the cabin crew were excellent and I'm sure they upped the cabin pressure as I suddenly felt much more alert!
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| Another part-time job opportunity for Grandma? Pianist at Atlanta Airport required! |
It was quite a rocky ride coming down in to Atlanta but we both survive - just!
Even the fire truck turned out to christen us with water as we taxied up to the air bridge
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| For Sarah - this is what was on offer! |
We then joined the mother of all queues to get into the US. Finally a member if staff told us that if we had previously used the ESTA we had we could go through an auto immigration check-in - which we did.
Graeme's case then went walkabout and, after some panicking, we found it on the carousel for the flight from Heathrow.
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| Technology corner is soon established n the departutre lounge |
We're currently enjoying the shops and are about to hit McDonald's - what happened to the 5:2 diet?! But then it's not quite Monday yet, even in the UK!
We're now at the gate for Fort Lauderdale. Just under two hours of a flight and then to the hotel ..... and so to bed, as Samuel Pepys would say!
Monday, 16 March 2015
Our hotel on our first night away
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| Comfort Suites Hotel, Fort Lauderdale. (Image courtesy of Google Street View) |
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