Archive for April, 2005
Paris – Saturday
We were set to depart from Manchester airport on the 0630 direct Air France to Paris Charles de Gaulle so we had to get up at 0330! Given I had only arrived in Southport at about 2130 the night before, and it was well past 2300 before we got to bed, we were a little [...]
Weekend in Paris with Mum
I had been promising to take Mum on a weekend away, involving a plane, for ages. She hasn’t flown since the days when planes were held up by sheer hope and sticky tape (the early 1970s) so we thought it would be good if I showed her the airport ropes so she would be more [...]