Posh posh traveling life

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

“This is livin’, this is style, this is elegance by the mile
Oh the posh posh traveling life, the traveling life for me
Whenever I’m bored I travel abroad but ever so properly….”

Yes, indeed, we are traveling the posh life. Eve and Leroy Measner were very generous with their frequent flier miles and Mary and I are traveling first class from Denver to Istanbul (and back). Here’s a photo of us in our roomy spots on United Airlines.

Now, for a short hop to Washington DC (Dulles) and onward for a nice 10 hour nap…

During our short (3+ hour) flight to Dulles, Mary napped. She missed the hot towels and complimentary toasted almonds and cashews…oh, and she missed our “snack” but I ordered for her and when she awoke they delivered hers. Here’s a photo of our snack

“Snack”

…a very tasty chicken/cheese soup; a shrimp salad; dinner roll and wine.  It was more that I usually eat at a meal!

Later in the flight, hot chocolate chip cookies were delivered to our seats.  Oh, we’re going to be spoiled…

CONTEST! If you can tell me  where the lyrics of the song quoted in this post are from, I’ll bring you a little gift from Turkey. Winner is whoever posts first to my Facebook account with the correct answer.

“I’m on my way to far away tah tah and toodle-oo
And fare thee well, and Bon Voyage, Arrivederci too.
Oh the posh posh traveling life, the traveling life for me!”

T minus 7 (Turkey minus 7)

This it Turkey minus 7 days!
 A week from right now I’ll be at Denver International Airport. The requisite 3 hours before my international flight.

Let’s see, am I organized? Pretty much, though I still need to print my postcard address labels. It is much lighter to carry a sheet of pre-printed address labels than my entire address book. Need to make my money cheat sheet – a 3×5 or 4×6 card with one side showing Dollars to Turkish Lira to Euros in a variety of amounts and in that order, the other side going from Lira to Dollars to Euros. A handy on the fly currency conversion.
Tomorrow I will pack (yes, seriously) and then spend the rest of the week trying not to put anything else into my bag!  And ironing is on the list as well.

Last night I downloaded 5 new books to my Kindle.
Snacks…oh, I should think about some snacks…