Alex and I booked an Athens and Greek island cruise for the summer, right after school ended. I can’t remember the company name, though. We added a 3-night extension to Istanbul. We traveled with a good friend of hers, Shane, and his mom, Dee. We had an early flight from Chicago to New York so spent the night of June 4th close to O’Hare. We left June 5th at 0900 for New York. Our flights were odd, I don’t think…
We used Go-Today to book a week in London over Christmas week. We left Sunday evening, December 22nd, from O’Hare. We arrived Monday, December 23, around 0800 and caught the airport shuttle to our hotel, the lovely Kensington Close off High Street. I left Alex dozing on the bed while I went out to get 7-day travel cards for the Underground and change money. I visited London in 1989 when we were living in West Germany. We drove to Belgium then took…
Rome! The eternal city. We booked a 6-night package, from November 20 to the 27th, through Go-Today. We booked September 11th, 2001 around 0800 CST. We didn’t know it, of course, but the first plane hit the tower just minutes earlier. We kept our trip plans but when we flew to Rome on November 20th, the plane only had about a dozen people on it. We traveled with Alex’s friend, Shane, and his mom, Dee. We picked them up and drove…
Once again, we used Go-Today to book our hotels and flights for a week in London and Paris. They are convenient and offer great prices as a consolidator. Originally, their package was 3 nights in each but I added a 4th night in both cities. The trip also included the Eurostar through the Chunnel. London We left Thursday, and arrived London around 0600 Friday. We checked into the Jarvis International Kensington on Queen’s Gate. We walked down the street to…
Alex and I made our first visit to Africa, visiting Egypt, in 2000. I didn’t feel as comfortable traveling alone then, or even with a 13-year-old, so we booked a package tour with Trafalgar. Wednesday, March 21. we left from Chicago around 2040 for Paris. We arrived midday and after a two hour layover flew to Cairo. We were picked up at the airport. The company offered different levels of hotel on this trip; I paid for the middle level….
In the dark ages, pre-internet or early internet days, I couldn’t book trips or flights online and had to rely on travel agents, paper or the phone. I was told about a regional travel company by Debbie Schemmel, a new friend we had met on our previous trip to Bangkok, Singapore, and Hong Kong in 1997. Debbie had used the company for a trip to Europe and mailed me a flyer for this trip to Italy, recommending them. It was…
Alex and I visited Bangkok, Singapore, and Hong Kong in 1997. I wanted to see Hong Kong before it returned to China in July. No one was quite sure what China would do, despite the treaties and agreements. This was my first big trip out of the US, with just me and Alex. Also, it was my first trip to Asia. I was a little nervous traveling with a not quite 10-year-old but it was a package trip with guides….