Vinnie
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For my 50th birthday, my wife gave me a trip to ASLOK and I suppose I should detail how it went.
The fun up to the to was stressful. Due to fly out on the 30th September, Susan sent up to see her parents, about 80 miles away, and had to take her mum to hospital with a small stroke. Her Dad could not be left by himself, he is a little confused, so she was up there until things were clearer. She finally made it home in the Wednesday with her Dad in tow but we neither one when her mum was likely to get it of hospital or what we could do with her Dad as the kids would either be at school, uni or working while we were away. Thankfully, social services came through for us, arranging emergency accommodation in Elgin, where her Mum was in hospital. Thank heaven for the NHS.
Thus Saturday morning saw us cat hung a taxi to Aberdeen airport at 7am for the flight to Amsterdam
After a two hour layover there, and perhaps the worst cup of coffee on the entire trip, we caught a delta Airlines flight to Detroit. I cannot praise them enough. This was a thoroughly enjoyable flight and I can't put my finger on why. Maybe I was just excited.
Arriving in Detroit, we were through customs and with our baggage in under 10 minutes. If you have to fly into the US, I recommend this as a point of entry. We, however, had a 4 your wait for our next flight. If we'd known how close Cleveland is to Detroit ;2.5 hours drive) we might have just got a car there but hey ho.
The final four to Cleveland was interesting and we caught the bus to collect the car. There we discovered that Susan in her haste had forgotten her driving licence. Not a major problem as I had mine but a nuisance.
We reached the hotel at 10.30 local time, 3.30am according to our bodies so although we popped out heads up to the hall, I cannot tell you who we met there, it was a blur. So off to the room to get some sleep.
Now I live in Aberdeen where being warm is so much harder than being cool. I'm not used to AC. I froze that night. Thank goodness you could turn the AC off in your room.
The fun up to the to was stressful. Due to fly out on the 30th September, Susan sent up to see her parents, about 80 miles away, and had to take her mum to hospital with a small stroke. Her Dad could not be left by himself, he is a little confused, so she was up there until things were clearer. She finally made it home in the Wednesday with her Dad in tow but we neither one when her mum was likely to get it of hospital or what we could do with her Dad as the kids would either be at school, uni or working while we were away. Thankfully, social services came through for us, arranging emergency accommodation in Elgin, where her Mum was in hospital. Thank heaven for the NHS.
Thus Saturday morning saw us cat hung a taxi to Aberdeen airport at 7am for the flight to Amsterdam
After a two hour layover there, and perhaps the worst cup of coffee on the entire trip, we caught a delta Airlines flight to Detroit. I cannot praise them enough. This was a thoroughly enjoyable flight and I can't put my finger on why. Maybe I was just excited.
Arriving in Detroit, we were through customs and with our baggage in under 10 minutes. If you have to fly into the US, I recommend this as a point of entry. We, however, had a 4 your wait for our next flight. If we'd known how close Cleveland is to Detroit ;2.5 hours drive) we might have just got a car there but hey ho.
The final four to Cleveland was interesting and we caught the bus to collect the car. There we discovered that Susan in her haste had forgotten her driving licence. Not a major problem as I had mine but a nuisance.
We reached the hotel at 10.30 local time, 3.30am according to our bodies so although we popped out heads up to the hall, I cannot tell you who we met there, it was a blur. So off to the room to get some sleep.
Now I live in Aberdeen where being warm is so much harder than being cool. I'm not used to AC. I froze that night. Thank goodness you could turn the AC off in your room.
