i just booked flights: to stockholm in mid-april, return from rome eight weeks later
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four weeks out. i finally got around to booking train tix from lecce stazione to roma termini, and reserving a rental car (stick shift!) for nine days of bouncing around puglia. housing for four nights in puglia is left open, to figure out when we get there.
i'm so glad i didn't book those full-flat turkish air tix out of DTW (although a recent mal au dos flareup is making me dread the overnight flight to LHR ... in a chair. ugh. and i'm about a half million miles short of an ugrade #alas)
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the travel is fully booked: bus, ferry, train, plane, and rental car
and so are the accommodations: apartments in stockholm, paris, turin, lecce, and rome; hotel rooms in helsinki and riga, an agrotourism masseria in salve, and four unknown nights in southern salento (hopefully not in our rental car)
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the travel is fully booked: bus, ferry, train, plane, and rental car
and so are the accommodations: apartments in stockholm, paris, turin, lecce, and rome; hotel rooms in helsinki and riga, an agrotourism masseria in salve, and four unknown nights in southern salento (hopefully not in our rental car)
plans to travel light thwarted once again #alas
we have two carry-on bags, which was the plan
also a large bag that looks like a medicine bag, full of presents for the kids and grandkids, which we will leave in sweden
and a collapsible bag that we plan to ship home from paris with our winter clothes (and probably some gifts)
so by the time we are bouncing around italy, we should be down to those two carry-ons
plus a knapsack on each of our backs
yeah, that is not traveling light, is it?
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plans to travel light thwarted once again #alas
we have two carry-on bags, which was the plan
also a large bag that looks like a medicine bag, full of presents for the kids and grandkids, which we will leave in sweden
and a collapsible bag that we plan to ship home from paris with our winter clothes (and probably some gifts)
so by the time we are bouncing around italy, we should be down to those two carry-ons
plus a knapsack on each of our backs
yeah, that is not traveling light, is it?
assuming you don't want to look you're doing a youth hostel tour for the whole trip, hard to get below a carryon and a backpack.
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plans to travel light thwarted once again #alas
we have two carry-on bags, which was the plan
also a large bag that looks like a medicine bag, full of presents for the kids and grandkids, which we will leave in sweden
and a collapsible bag that we plan to ship home from paris with our winter clothes (and probably some gifts)
so by the time we are bouncing around italy, we should be down to those two carry-ons
plus a knapsack on each of our backs
yeah, that is not traveling light, is it?
not traveling light, yet again #alas
125 lb. or so
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not traveling light, yet again #alas
125 lb. or so
@peterhoneyman I’ve had less baggage when moving house
Have an excellent trip!
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not traveling light, yet again #alas
125 lb. or so
We’re on a bus! From BTC (Blake Transit Center in Ann Arbor) to DTW.
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@peterhoneyman I’ve had less baggage when moving house
Have an excellent trip!
@slothrop thanks!!! we’re excited!!!!
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We’re on a bus! From BTC (Blake Transit Center in Ann Arbor) to DTW.
bon voyage!
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We’re on a bus! From BTC (Blake Transit Center in Ann Arbor) to DTW.
Surprise: Sky Club!
TIL that bc I traveled too much decades ago (and became a Million Miler on Northwest — remember them?), I now have permanent Gold Status on Delta, which admits me to Sky Club on international flights
boo ya
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not traveling light, yet again #alas
125 lb. or so
@peterhoneyman That’s serious
Have a great trip and take care! 
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Surprise: Sky Club!
TIL that bc I traveled too much decades ago (and became a Million Miler on Northwest — remember them?), I now have permanent Gold Status on Delta, which admits me to Sky Club on international flights
boo ya
our chariot awaits
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our chariot awaits
wheels up!
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wheels up!
busy busy busy airspace but i think we’re on final now
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busy busy busy airspace but i think we’re on final now
landed london heathrow
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landed london heathrow
@peterhoneyman you missed the sirens
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@peterhoneyman you missed the sirens
@w8emv they confused me yesterday midday
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landed london heathrow
LHR Terminal 2
Waiting to board our next flight.
We are both wiped out from the transatlantic flight.
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LHR Terminal 2
Waiting to board our next flight.
We are both wiped out from the transatlantic flight.
I’m on board Delta 7628 from London to Stockholm
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LHR Terminal 2
Waiting to board our next flight.
We are both wiped out from the transatlantic flight.
@peterhoneyman I'll be in LHR tomorrow
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landed london heathrow
@peterhoneyman Welcome to Europe!
