Sorry for the delay in posting. Cutting our trip short, we were able to get back and see Michelle’s grandmother. She’s still hanging in there, good days and bad. We stayed at two enjoyable hotels, Le Meridien Barcelona, and Le Meridien Ra Beach. First,…
Sent to me by a family member, I’ll paste the description here, rather than trying to summarize myself: “It is a 24 hour observation of all of the large aircraft flights in the world, (recorded by the ‘plane flight transponders, via Geo-stationary orbital satellites),…
We’re back home now, but there’s still lots more to discuss about Sagrada Familia. I left off the last post talking about the Passion facade, which was to be sculpted by Josep Subirachs. He has been quoted as saying that he departed from Gaudi’s…
Michelle’s grandmother is expected to pass away shortly, so we are returning today. I will summarize the rest of Sagrada Familia and Ra Beach as time permits over the next few days.
Day 2 started out oddly. Michelle nodded off at 2 am, but I couldn’t get to sleep. I started trying to sleep at 3am, but didn’t fall asleep until 5am. My alarm went off and woke both of us up at 1:30pm. Yikes! Most…
We arrived in Barcelona this morning at 9am after taking the red-eye from JFK. We had an enjoyable dinner on the plane and nodded off about 10PM, with 4.5 hours left on the flight. It was a pretty bumpy ride after we nodded off,…
If you’re looking for a new adventure, then Competitours might be right up your alley. Someone I know has started company that conducts Amazing Race contests for regular people. He’s a pretty smart guy, and an avid traveler, so I have no doubt this…
For those that read my blog regularly, this post shouldn’t seem too abnormal. That’s only because most of you know I’m a bit obsessed about frequent flier miles. A while back, I discovered a website called FlightMemory.com. Most people will think I’m nuts, but…
I’ve been a lifelong AA flier, accruing almost 2 million lifetime miles. So, when I got an e-mail from AA a couple of days ago saying they had secured a bunch of options on the Boeing 787-9, I was elated. First, the Dreamliner has…
For those of you that don’t know (I can’t figure out who that might be), I’m a bit of a frequent flyer mile geek. Over the past 5 years, I’ve amassed well over 2 million points/miles, and they’ve bought such things as: 2 upgrades…