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DFW - Jo-Anne
Jo-Anne checking her e-mail and v-mail diligently with her BlackBerry. We arrived in Dallas early in the morning.
Arriving early makes for a faster trip through immigration and customs. And this was particularly important since Bryan was once again required to go through Secondary Processing with the Department of Homeland Security (INS). Secondary Processing has become standard for Bryan because he had to replace his green card after his wallet was stolen last summer.
We had a brief stay in the Admirals Club in Dallas where we checked e-mail (slowly getting back into the grind) and worked on the last of our blog.
We were determined to complete the blog by the time we arrived in SJC.
As we were leaving DFW, Bryan noticed the unique markings on the 737 next to us. This plane is a Boeing 737-823, N951AA, painted in American Airline's Astrojet livery colors. Very cool.
Once home, we verifed that our wine made the journey safely. Interestingly, the only time that we have had bottles break in our luggage was when our bags were not packed tightly (i.e., jammed). The bottles in our (very full) checked luggage were fine as well as the four bottles in each of our carry-on bags. Not
DFW - Admirals Club
We were in the new D terminal at DFW where there is a beautiful Admirals Club. a problem.
Our daughter, Kate, loved her new t-shirt from Argentina!
We brought the following bottles of wine back:
- 2005 Matetic Sauvignon Blanc Equilibrio
- 2003 Terrazas Petit Manseng Afincado Tardio
- 2001 Familia Adrover Chardonnay Los Horneros
- 2001 Familia Adrover Blend Don Sebastian
- 2002 Dolium Cabernet Sauvignon Lujan de Cuyo Reserva
- 2000 MonteGras Zinfandel Colchagua Valley Limited Edition
- 2004 MonteGras Syrah Colchagua Valley Antu Ninqen
- 2003 Vina Alicia Malbec Lujan de Cuyo
- 2003 Vina Alicia Petite Verdot Cuarzo
- 2002 Vina Alicia Cabernet Sauvignon Merena
- 2004 Catena Zapata Syrah D.V. Catena
- 2004 Matetic Pinot Noir Equilibrio
With the blog completed, the web site was not working so we finally posted the remaining blogs on Tuesday morning.
What a trip!
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karin
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welcome home!
Glad to hear that your trip was a success and welcome back to CA!