United Kingdom Hotels

Short Version: British Airways = awesome. Customer assistance at London train stations = not so friendly/helpful Salisbury = quaint, quiet, and wonderful Old Rectory B&B = off the beaten path, but quaint, quiet, and also wonderful Coach and Horses Pub = tasty potatoes, nice beer garden, friendly local vibe w/dogs Long Version: We arrived at the London Heathrow airport this morning at about 8am and navigated our way through the border crossing and claimed our luggage fairly quickly. Sidenote: British Airways is extra awesome and gives you eyemasks and fuzzy socks in addition to the usual ...

San Francisco International Airport We arrived at SFO three hours before our flight to allow time for security check. The security was strict. Our carry-on items were checked the second time at the gate before boarding. Our BA flight departed SFO around 5:20 p.m. It was delayed for 30 minutes because two passengers did not get on the plane and their luggage had to be off loaded. The air got really stuffy inside the plane since they couldn't turn the AC on full blast until take off. During the Flight We hit a turbulance when we were over the Rockys. They had to stop the cabin crew from serving ...

Packing and Boston Logan Airport Today is the day my mom and I are leaving for Scotland for a nineteen day vacation! I took today off of work and I spent it running around like mad! I dislocated my elbow on August 1st in an ATV accident so this will be an interesting trip. I am just out of the Bledsoe brace that I had to wear 24/7 and now my arm is weak and sore and I have to be careful not to lift anything heavy. Since I usually carry and lift both my luggage and my mom’s this will be a challenge. I also have a Dynasplint to wear at night to try to stretch my elbow so I can regain full ...