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B-17 Flying Fortress (Nine-O-Nine) taking off from Moffett Field, CA. She is one of only 14 still flying in the US. A beautiful sight!
Our Daily Topic = Book Title ("To Conquer the Air")
We ended up visiting all three of the Red Carpet Clubs during our 12-hour layover at Chicago O’Hare (yes, I know they are called United Clubs now, but I just cannot get used to such a boring name). I hadn’t been to this particular Club in several years, and they have done a very nice job of re-modeling it. It is light and airy, the bar is snazzy and there is a really nice large work area.
A group of 15 frequent fliers from Vielfliegertreff.de/Flyertalk.com joined the other passengers of the first flight to Beijing.
This restaurant is on the second floor of the terminal at Long Beach Airport. It has fabulous views of the airport. We didn't eat here (not enough time), so I don't know how good the food is. But I'd come here just to while away the time watching out those floor-to-ceiling windows. The restaurant is outside the security area and so is accessible to the general public. The Boeing C-17 factory is in the background.
Update 2014: With the opening of the new terminals, this restaurant has now been closed. This is very sad, as it was a very cool venue.
Update 2015: The Boeing C-17 factory is closing this summer. The last C-17 rolled off the assembly line in Sept. 2014.
Dinner, night 1.
I was not expecting cold soup. It was asparagus season and the French (and Germans) love asparagus. One could find it in any restaurant. From the menu: "asparagus soup coated with nut oil, crunchy tangy asparagus slices, and marscapone."
White sand, approaching storm, deserted beach. Cancun's beach is made up of diatoms (the skeletons of minute sea creatures) and was blazingly white while being cool to the touch no matter how sunny or hot the day. Beautiful!
A nice hotel at the airport. The public areas are quite "hip". The rooms (at least ours) are smallish and minimalish but comfortable. This was one of their "business rooms". The white plastic desk chair did not seem to belong to the room or fit the decor - perhaps (hopefully) it was a temporary replacement.
A companion helicopter as seen during our scenic-view flight over Kauai.
Scan of a print from a 35mm slide.
Two Weeks Notice - Up, Up and Away
An entire large room is given over to the breakfast buffet. There is a huge variety of foods to choose from, very nicely presented.
The "City of Cardiff” Solent Mark III flying boat at the Oakland Aviation Museum. More information on the museum’s Solent flying boat can be found here.
View from room 1215, Hilton Gaslamp Quarter, looking north, with Convention Center in foreground and Marriott and Hyatt hotels at center.
Mr.J took this photo with an Olympus SP-500UZ set at "sunset". I took one at the same time with my camera (Canon S3 IS) set on "auto" (see next photo in stream). Interesting differences in the results.
The longest bridge over ice covered waters in the world, joining Borden-Carleton, Prince Edward Island and Cape Jourimain, New Brunswick.
This is a view of the town of Český Krumlov from just outside our hotel, the Hotel Ruze (the Rose). In the background is the town's castle / chateau with its Trompe l'oeil painted walls and, in the foreground, the former Church and hospital of St. Jodock (or St. Jost) and other buildings of the town.
History of Český Krumlov Castle: The tall rock cliffs jutting out over the Vltava River were populated long before the oldest parts of today's castle were founded. The first settlement of the castle promontory dates back to the Bronze Age. The original Gothic castle was founded by the Lords of Krumlov some time before 1250. The current chateau dates from the 18th century. The present chateau complex is one of the largest in Central Europe and became a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site in 1992.
The Lufthansa party for FlyerTalkers was in the Business Lounge downstairs but I also checked out the Senator Lounge upstairs.
The view from our table.
Situated on the roof of the Hotel Forum, the open-air Roof Garden Restaurant offers dramatic views of the Roman Imperial Forums, the Capitoline Hill, and the Altar of the Fatherland.
Or specifically, the best goddam machine ever invented in the history of man.
This badboy is located in the Qantas International Business Lounge, Sydney Airport T1.
It makes the fluffiest pancakes you've ever seen, and you couldn't tell the difference between something you made at home and these wonders of engineering.
This is an inner courtyard (the 4th) in the Upper Castle portion of the castle/chateau complex at Cesky Krumlov. The walls are painted to appear to be built of stone and with bas relief columns, plaques and sculptures -- all trompe d'oeil.
Two Weeks Notice = Castles Inside & Out; Colored Architecture
Humorous business sign in the Financial District of Boston. I'm not sure why he's sleeping on an ironing board, though.
Our Daily Topic - Something Silly
Prime rib is its claim to fame. In Burlingame, just south of SFO, half a block from the Hampton Inn and across the street from the Marriott.
American Airlines accepted delivery of the Douglas DC-3 Flagship Knoxville on March 11, 1940. AA used the aircraft for passenger service until April 1942, when it was transferred (i.e. drafted) to the U.S. Army Air Transport Command for wartime service. In 1944, the Flagship Knoxville was over-hauled and converted back to a passenger transport configuration. AA sold the Knoxville to Colonial Airlines in 1948. The aircraft saw duty in many different capacities, finishing as a mosquito sprayer. In 1991, the Grey Eagles, an organization made up of American Airlines senior and retired pilots, purchased the Flagship Knoxville for exhibit at the AA C.R. Smith Museum. The aircraft underwent a complete restoration at American's Maintenance and Engineering Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A group of nearly 250 retirees and volunteers returned the aircraft to its 1940s appearance, both inside and out. The Flagship Knoxville's last flight came on May 4, 1993 when it was flown from Tulsa to the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and towed to the C.R. Smith Museum [from AA website ].
Banteay Samré (Khmer: ប្រាសាទបន្ទាយសំរ៉ែ) is a temple at Angkor, Cambodia located east of the East Baray. Built under Suryavarman II and Yasovarman II in the early 12th century, it is a Hindu temple in the Angkor Wat style.
Named after the Samré, an ancient people of Indochina, the temple uses the same materials as the Banteay Srei.
• Source : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banteay_Samr%c3%a9
Another view of the Air Canada Maple Leaf lounge at Toronto Pearson airport. This was one of the lounges on the Canadian side of immigration.
Here's the current breakdown of my active mileage accounts. As of today, the current total is 1,329,090.
I cycle through most accounts every year -- earning about 300-500k miles through various promos, then redeeming them for overseas trips.
With only a few hours in town, a proper tourist will take that canal boat ride, rain or no rain.
Scan of APS film.
Tenuous Link: umbrellas in the sun -> umbrellas in the rain
The gate for my flight to MAN was A59, a change from the usual B30s, but we still had to be bussed to a remote stand. This was taken by A59 looking towards higher A gates and the entrance to the Tower Lounge. For Schengen gtes A17-42 one has to go through passport control at the far end of the pier.