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09-27-2004, 01:37 PM
I really cannot believe I have done this trip! even now I am home it seems so hard to believe that I could possibly have done it.
Just a few years ago I would stand at the gate getting ready to board the plane and I would cry! I would shake with fear even though it may just be a 2 hour trip to Europe.
I would get on the plane and no-one could speak to me or touch me. I just had to be left alone. I could not eat or drink anything on the plane ,such was the fear.
OK Back to the story!
The day prior to our trip I decided to book a long weekend off work. Husband out of the blue said lets go to New York for the weekend!
Now anyone that knows me will tell you I plan everything, I book trips a year in advance!
I thought that 2 days in New York was really not long enough and said No to begin with. Later that afternoon I thought Why not, lets go.
What a rush trying to get flights and book a hotel for the next day. We eventually managed to get everything sorted out by 7 pm the night prior to travel
The flight was on Continental 777 and we managed to book a room in Waldorf Astoria, ( No Jeff we did not pay 800 LOL in fact I think we got a good deal at 319 including full American breakfast!)
We arrived at Manchester airport ( UK) and our plane was already there waiting.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/Belynda/new york/PICT0001_edited.jpg
The journey to New York took 7 hrs 10 minutes.
Manchester was sunny and clear, Take - off smooth. The pilot came on and told us he expected the flight to be smooth, he said we had picked a good day for flying over the Atlantic.
For some reason I still felt nervous on this flight, maybe it was more to do with the lack of preparation and rushing around trying to find the right clothes to take.
The flight was not as smooth as the pilot thought it was going to be, We ended up with seat belts on for 4 hours of the flight!
The landing was very bumpy bounced up and down on the runway.
I really did very well with the turbulence and it did not bother me too much this time. I am getting to the point where I accept that on such a long flight we are going to get some, if we don't then it is a bonus!
Nothing severe or even moderate this time.
Janet!!! Your Cab drivers are something else!! Scary! put me back on the plane anytime. He said Friday afternoon is always bad in New York. His driving was just scary. It took us 90 minutes to get from Newark to the hotel.
The view from Newark airport was fantastic.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/Belynda/new york/PICT0079_edited.jpg
The flight home was perhaps the best flight for me. I did lots of things that I have never done before.
I was NOT nervous AT ALL
I Ate chicken and a bread roll
I Slept part of the way.
Seat belts were on again a couple of hours but there was only the occasional bump!
The flight home was the quickest that pilot had ever done the Newark Manchester route. It took 5 hours 40 minutes!!!
Now I have 5 weeks to prepare for the Florida flight!
New York was great! Would I do it again, Not for 2 days but would like to go back some time for a longer period.
Just a few years ago I would stand at the gate getting ready to board the plane and I would cry! I would shake with fear even though it may just be a 2 hour trip to Europe.
I would get on the plane and no-one could speak to me or touch me. I just had to be left alone. I could not eat or drink anything on the plane ,such was the fear.
OK Back to the story!
The day prior to our trip I decided to book a long weekend off work. Husband out of the blue said lets go to New York for the weekend!
Now anyone that knows me will tell you I plan everything, I book trips a year in advance!
I thought that 2 days in New York was really not long enough and said No to begin with. Later that afternoon I thought Why not, lets go.
What a rush trying to get flights and book a hotel for the next day. We eventually managed to get everything sorted out by 7 pm the night prior to travel
The flight was on Continental 777 and we managed to book a room in Waldorf Astoria, ( No Jeff we did not pay 800 LOL in fact I think we got a good deal at 319 including full American breakfast!)
We arrived at Manchester airport ( UK) and our plane was already there waiting.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/Belynda/new york/PICT0001_edited.jpg
The journey to New York took 7 hrs 10 minutes.
Manchester was sunny and clear, Take - off smooth. The pilot came on and told us he expected the flight to be smooth, he said we had picked a good day for flying over the Atlantic.
For some reason I still felt nervous on this flight, maybe it was more to do with the lack of preparation and rushing around trying to find the right clothes to take.
The flight was not as smooth as the pilot thought it was going to be, We ended up with seat belts on for 4 hours of the flight!
The landing was very bumpy bounced up and down on the runway.
I really did very well with the turbulence and it did not bother me too much this time. I am getting to the point where I accept that on such a long flight we are going to get some, if we don't then it is a bonus!
Nothing severe or even moderate this time.
Janet!!! Your Cab drivers are something else!! Scary! put me back on the plane anytime. He said Friday afternoon is always bad in New York. His driving was just scary. It took us 90 minutes to get from Newark to the hotel.
The view from Newark airport was fantastic.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/Belynda/new york/PICT0079_edited.jpg
The flight home was perhaps the best flight for me. I did lots of things that I have never done before.
I was NOT nervous AT ALL
I Ate chicken and a bread roll
I Slept part of the way.
Seat belts were on again a couple of hours but there was only the occasional bump!
The flight home was the quickest that pilot had ever done the Newark Manchester route. It took 5 hours 40 minutes!!!
Now I have 5 weeks to prepare for the Florida flight!
New York was great! Would I do it again, Not for 2 days but would like to go back some time for a longer period.