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Transit Apps for a Short Trip
We’re just back from a few days in Chicago. Smartphone apps made travel by train, plane, and bike a breeze. I was able to purchase all transit using my phone. App Example Transit Use Cases Metro Transit –Buy tickets for light rail from home to MSP (Minneapolis airport). Fly Delta –Check in for flight.–Display boarding… Continue reading Transit Apps for a Short Trip
Meds: An Issue When Planning Travel
Chose a January date to move to our condo. Now, I can plan trips, constrained only by 30-day supplies of a tumor-suppressing medication.
Travel Gear: Carry-On Backpack
I love to travel with just one piece of luggage: a backpack small enough to carry on to flights. Earlier this year, I decided it was time to buy a new backpack. The final impetus was a flight I would be taking from Miami MIA to Lisbon LIS, Portugal. I would be traveling with only… Continue reading Travel Gear: Carry-On Backpack
Carry-On Backpack
Posted Travel Gear: Carry-On Backpack.
Schiphol Lounge
Bonus post: depiction of airport congestion, AMS, Amsterdam Schiphol.
Madrid MAD–London LGW
On board, Madrid MAD–London LGW.
Lisbon Airport Hotel
Tonight we’re in a hotel, 5 minutes walk from Lisbon Airport. Tomorrow, 5:00 a.m. Dwight flies LIS-AMS-MSP. Three hours later I fly a short hop, LIS-SVQ Seville.
Off to the Algarve
Two trains then a bus took us from Lisbon Oriente Station to Odeceixe, a village in the Algarve. For the next week we plan to hike sections of the Rota Vicentina.
En Route to Miami MIA
Rode a train above yellow cabs, en route to Miami MIA. Next up: Lisbon, Portugal, on a rather cheap fare. Meanwhile, our nephews and their parents are in flight to MSP.