Category Archives: Plane

Disneyland Day 3 – Happiness Redux

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Andrew Coates

The last day of our trip started as almost all the past 41 had – warm and dry. We avoided eating the free breakfast again, checked out of our “suite”, left our luggage with the hotel and moseyed back to … Continue reading →

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Seattle Day 2 – Underground and Up in the Air

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Andrew Coates

For our last day in Seattle we organised a late checkout so we could leave our gear at the hotel while we went on Seattle’s famous Underground Tour. We got up early(ish) and walked down to Pike Place Market. The … Continue reading →

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Seattle Day 1 – Geek Toys and More Planes

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Andrew Coates

We’d arranged to meet the Clarkes one last time in Seattle for a trip to the Museum of Flight, somewhere I’ve been meaning to go in Seattle for some time but have never got around to. We’d arranged to meet … Continue reading →

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Seattle Day 0 – The world’s biggest building

Posted on July 16, 2011 by Andrew Coates

After we left the Clarkes, we drove down the I5 to the biggest building in the world (by volume), the factory where Boeing manufactures (or, more accurately, assembles) its wide-bodied aircraft, the 747, 767, 777 and 787. We’d booked a … Continue reading →

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Home Safely

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Andrew Coates

We made it home this morning after a long and uneventful flight aboard an A380. Lots more posts to post, but for now thanks to everyone who’s been following our travels and thanks especially to all the people who made … Continue reading →

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Edinburgh to Lynden – Paved with good intentions

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Andrew Coates

We woke early in Edinburgh and made our way down the hill to the double-decker airport bus. An uneventful 30 minutes later we were deposited right outside the entrance and we trooped inside (after carefully counting our bags), suitably early. … Continue reading →

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Edinburgh Day 1 – Just up the hill

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Andrew Coates

We set off at Sparrow’s from our London apartment and made our way across the high street to a minicab depot from where we hired our transport out to Heathrow. After a journey that seemed to include exactly zero main … Continue reading →

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Barcelona Day 1 – Up and Down and Up and Down

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Andrew Coates

On Monday morning, we jumped up and got ready to leave Paris. We caught the train to Orly and thence 2 planes to Barcelona. On Dad’s advice, we avoided the Metro and instead caught the Airport Bus to its terminus … Continue reading →

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In the VIP lounge of Barcelona (sad to be leaving)

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Thomas Coates

We had fun in Barcelona. We saw lots of Gaudi, Even some still being built. –> This building we saw at the end of our wonderful 2 Gaudi tours. We enjoyed the tours and got a lot out of them. … Continue reading →

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Audio Report – Plane Trip to Frankfurt

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Andrew Coates

Sam, Courtney and Andrew chat about the plane trip to Frankfurt and some drama at Singapore airport.

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