Today we awoke early and headed down to the Arc de Triomphe. We then did the leisurely stroll down the Champs, all the way down until we were at The Louvre. The Rugby World Cup Final was later this day and so there were happy fans all over, especially for England and South Africa. I fit in very well with my Springboks shirt. I had picked it up back in 1995 in Cape Town, when South Africa won the Cup. We walked from The Louvre to Notre Dame and then to the Chatelet Metro station. We took the Metro to the Richelieu Drouot stop so I could go to the Hard Rock Cafe. I just went in for a quick visit and then we went across the street and ate at a restaurant called Victoria Station. ... read more

This was my 4th visit to Paris but I had not been since August of 1996, so I was very excited! We drove up to Fort Wayne to catch our Northwest Airlink CRJ to Detroit. We had to sit in DTW for about 6 hours but at least it's a nice terminal to wait in. We happened to see on the news that a transit strike was occurring in Paris. Oh great, we thought! At 9:20 pm, Northwest 50 to Paris departed. The flight was smooth and routine.... read more

This was my second time in Puerto Vallarta, with the first being back in August of 1996. I did enjoy that trip very much and so I was glad to come back. I flew from Indianapolis to Atlanta on a Delta Connection EMB-170 and connected to Puerto Vallarta(PVR) on a Delta 737-800, getting first class on that flight!! I enjoyed a nice little lunch and a few gin and tonics before touching down in Mexico 3 1/2 hours later. I took a taxi to the Hotel Emperador, which is where I stayed last time I was in PVR. I find the hotel very relaxing, with a good beach. I just spent the day lounging at the beach and I also visited the local Hard Rock Cafe. I was going to go and visit family in Las ... read more

I had always wanted to see the Kuwait Towers in person. The architecture of them is amazing to me! I finally set out to do just that on May 31, 2006. I would also visit the Kuwait Hard Rock Cafe while there. I departed Indy to Philadelphia in the early afternoon on a Northwest Airlink CRJ-200 aircraft. After a few hours at PHL, I caught British Airways flight 66, a 777 to London and they upgraded me to business class! I arrived early the next morning into London and waited a few hours again for Kuwait Airways 104, another 777. I was really impressed with the Kuwait service! We arrived into Kuwait in the early evening and the sun was still out. The visa process was not quick but after about an hour I was out ... read more

I had wanted to visit Lebanon as far back as I could remember. I recall the images of destruction on television from the '70s and '80s and knew that Lebanon was more than that. I acquired a pass, through work, to anywhere in the Gulf Air network and decided to go to Beirut. My trip started out in Reno, Nevada, where I caught a Southwest 737 to San Diego, with a stop in Las Vegas. I had worked earlier that day, doing a Flight Attendant check ride from Reno to Phoenix to Los Angeles and back to Reno, so I was extremely tired and still in uniform. I met my friend in San Diego and we took the Jetblue red eye flight to New York-Kennedy. We then took the British Airways daylight flight to London-Heathrow and ... read more