Travel ain’t like it used to be Bermuda is a small Island, and by May of 2021 they’ve almost eliminated COVID. They’re keen not […]
Viking Ocean Cruise
Taking a cruise in the times of Covid We aren’t cruisers … April 2021, and we’ve been largely isolated at home for a little […]
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
You may have read other commentaries about what it takes to see The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and this is mine! Getting Tickets […]
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Farewell A380, We hardly knew you
I’ve flown across the Atlantic for decades in a variety of 747s, and occasionally a 777 or two, but mainly 747s. Thinking that they’d […]
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Tucson – In praise of small airports
Thanksgiving 2018 – we travel to Tucson, AZ for a week of sunshine in the South West. Flying out of O’Hare is about what […]
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A tale of two terminals
It’s well known that I’m no fan of Heathrow Terminal 5; the arrivals experience and flight transfer process seems unnecessarily awful, especially the security […]
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On the hunt for a worse traveler’s experience than Heathrow T5
We’ve never liked Terminal 5 since it first opened, which considering it should represent the state of the art in terminal design is pretty […]
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The UK out-commercializes the USA
In airports, at least. In all the British airports I’ve used recently passengers are carefully managed through retail experiences. You are forced to walk […]
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The unbundling of air travel
My memories of air travel in the ’70s are of a special experience; we joked about meals but in fact they weren’t bad, kids […]
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When travel loses its glamour
I’ve been traveling quite a bit this week, from Seattle to LA to Heathrow to Bradford, most recently flying from Bradford to Amsterdam. As […]
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