P&O Britannia - Travel and Southampton - Sept 2024
Count down to cruise day!!! - September 11-12, 2024 It was not lost on me that we were flying on September 11th. Our flight was in the evening, so I went to Aldi for some milk and a few other items in the morning for our youngest and my brother staying with him at our house. Our oldest is now in college. I drove past the flags up in our neighborhood on the way. At first, I thought it is way past Labor Day, and Travis argues that it is an anti-government holiday. Then I remembered oh, for September 11th and almost broke down crying. We were on a booked through American Airlines (which by the way now gives abysmal miles for basic economy -- a 10th of the miles flown, geez, and it was still an expensive flight!), operated by British Airways, direct from DFW to Heathrow. The plane was a full two story plane (we have not been on one before) -- Airbus 380-800; however, we were on the bottom and not permitted a tour of the upper floor (or it was not obvious how do get there, I did not as...