BDL-JFK-LHR
BDL-JFK-LHR
LAX, first and second time.
Out of KVR.
Last edited by russellsimpson; 18-04-2021 at 05:25 AM.
Manchester to Barcelona for 2 weeks in Calella when I was 7. I was sick before I went and my mum and dad didn't believe me.
I spent a week in hospital on my return to England with a combination of measles and pneumonia after being wrongly diagnosed while I was there. I had been hallucinating in my bed - I would pay good money for that 10 years later - and reached a fever plus 39 whereupon even the hotel staff were concerned for my survival.
I have no idea where my subsequent urge to travel came from.
Opa Locka airport (in Miami) to Montgomery Alabama in a twin engine Cessna my father was piloting
Fraser Island (Queensland) for a 4WD camping holiday with a girlfriend.
When I was two years old. Bangkok - Frankfurt.
About 18 yrs old. Penticton-kelowna-regina.
Funny thing was I packed an 8 inch Bowie hunting knife in my carry on by mistake. They noticed it at security, they said tsk tsk, make sure you leave that in the bag. Travel was so easy in the past.
Manchester to Majorca, yep I wore my mod parka on the beach Cyrille.
First night, chucked all the poolside tables and chairs in the pool.
Then got hit by a swing in the park and had to have emergency hospital treatment wiping out my parents spends.
Flight home puking all over the plane with sunstroke after falling asleep in the sun with my parka on.
My poor parents, must have been a nightmare for them.
They should have taken us to Pontins, would've been less trouble and a hell of a lot cheaper.
Shalom
It was a 747 and it was Athens to JFK,
I was very young then but It was a couple of days before Christmas and I remember being amazed by all the lights.
...I was staying with an English family who met me at the airport. My first impression of London was through their eyes: fish and chips, Dr. Zhivago (my hosts were anxious to see it), a number of parks, the underground to various urban sights (but nothing royal: no time)...I had visited NYC and Boston a number of times so large urban areas weren't daunting...I was fascinated, however, by my English hosts and their daily routines...
Majestically enthroned amid the vulgar herd
BWI to MIA non-smoking
Adelaide to Sydney, January 1976. It was the day I joined the Navy.
First international- Adelaide to Hong Kong, 1978 or 9. My first overseas holiday. Turned out the old schoolmate travelling with me had expected some sort of exotic beach destination, so he was in for quite a surprise! So was I really- HK was quite a surprise package, when you expect Asia to be people wearing funny hats and swaying palm trees.
Can’t remember how I got from Cleveland to Naval Station Great Lakes. So I’ll go with Great Lakes to Meridian, Mississippi for “A” school.
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