FUN-travel: Heathrow to Home!
January 6, 2014 by Susan Clarke · Comments Off on FUN-travel: Heathrow to Home!
Day 44 – Wednesday, October 30 – Heathrow, London to HOME!
Agrigento
What I LIKE
- *6:45 – get up – Chris is making noise
- 7:00 – hot good macchiato
- sunny & warm (missed all weather delays from storm on 27th)
- 9:45 – fresh nice fruit
- 10:06 – ready to go – get major bonus points!
- 10:15 – shuttle to airport (plan was 10:45)
- 10:30 – arrive terminal
- no check in lines
- breeze through security
Monreale
- plenty of shopping but pounds make it more expensive
- BA lounge – more food & drinks
- **1:10 – head to gate
- 1:15 – board
- 2:10 – push back
- 2:33 – lift off
- 6:35 – arrive on time & breeze through customs
What I DON’T LIKE
*5:30 – wake up
** 1:50 departure delayed
FUN-fact – God Bless America! This is the best place in the world to live!
Mt. Etna, October 26, 2013
FUN-travel: Palermo, Sicily to Heathrow Airport Hilton
December 28, 2013 by Susan Clarke · Comments Off on FUN-travel: Palermo, Sicily to Heathrow Airport Hilton
Day 44 – Tuesday, October 29 – Terrasini, Sicily to Heathrow, London – full sun – high 75 – low 59
What I LIKE
- 6:28 – depart (ahead of time)
- 6:37 – cross tracks
- 6:47 – arrive Avis
- nice man gets there early and checks us out
- no garage & next to terminals – easy getting shuttle
Monreale
- 7:10 – shuttle takes us
- **7:15 – arrive
- go for a cappuccino – have to have it reheated
- 8:10 – checked in & bags are 44 lb (carry ons loaded)
- 8:20 – breeze through security – computers, shoes, liquids no problema!
- ***8:35 – boarding starts
- 9:05 – push back! only 15 mins late
- 10:50 – arrives Munich on time
- +walk to B gates – don’t have to go through security only customs
- 11:30 – hang out in airport – lunch – Caesar salad & tomato mozzarella Panini, 2 diet cokes – $18 Euro
- ++1:20 – flight on time – only 2 hrs
- 2:25 – arrive Heathrow
- 2:35 – @ passport control
Monreale
- +++3:00 – baggage claim – WATCH! Bathroom door is stuck again and won’t open!
- Nice lady hears me banging and opens it
- 3:15 – my bag shows up – Chris’s 5 mins later
- Costa Coffee cappuccino break
- #4:00 – take shuttle to Hilton Terminal 5
- 4:15 – arrive Hilton – Sunita checks us in & upgrades us to Concierge Level – WATCH! (Chris used to have platinum status when he was working)
- 6:00 – 8:00 happy hour! Appetizers, cheese, veggies, sandwiches – dinner is served!
- 11:00 – really midnight for us
Agrigento
What I DON’T LIKE
- 4:30 am wake up
- 5:20 am get up
- 6:20 – lukewarm cappuccino
- 6:33 – train coming & miss crossing tracks by nanosecond
- *they don’t open until 7 am
- have to pay Italian road tax $35.50 US
- **huge long line @ Air Berlin only 2 agents
- ***more hurry up & wait on jetway
- plane is packed full
- +have to wait 30 mins for agent to come to stamp our passports
- ++more plane packed full
- +++bags delayed because bar code scanner issue
- #this is not anywhere near terminal 5 – Terminal 4 has the Hilton
- Costs $22 for 2 rt tickets! Bus comes every 30 mins – WATT
WATCH – What Are The CHances!
WATT – What Are They Thinking!
Segesta
FUN-fact – Italy is home to the greatest number of World Heritage Sites with a total of 49.