This post celebrates my 33 years of air travel. As you can see, by many people’s standards, I haven’t travelled that much by plane, so all these visits are so much more vivid and special.
1. 1988 – Athens, Greece
My Greek holiday was part of my European Grand tour, back in the late 1980s. I flew to Athens to embark on a Greek Island cruising holiday with Club 18-30. This was my plane and boat holiday, rather than my coach, bus or train holiday. I had an accident and got quite sick on this trip.
2. 1992- Egypt
In 1992 I travelled to Israel to stay on a kibbutz and from here my family had an interesting, culturally enlightening trip across the Sinai desert to Cairo.
3. 1993 – Paris, France
This was my second visit to Paris. We visited the Rodin museum, ate in the Iranian quarter and watched a French film.
4. 1996 – Prague, Czech Republic
Prague was the place on mainland Europe I hadn’t managed to visit on my grand tour. This was a lovely holiday and Prague was a beautiful city.
5. 1997 – Budapest, Hungary
My partner wanted to visit Budapest, so we did. It was quite hot.
6. 1999 – Israel
In 1999 I returned to the kibbutz in Israel to attend a wedding.
7. 2005 – The Dordogne, France
The noughties were a bit vague and messy, mainly because motherhood was very overwhelming for me. This holiday is a bit murky. I remember staying in a small French village and enjoying pleasant visits to the surrounding countryside.
8. 2017 – New York City, USA
We visited six foreign countries in the 2010s mainly via train and in particular Eurostar. I’m so glad I managed to fly to New York in 2017. It was one of the best weeks of my life.
9. 2021 – Belfast, Northern Ireland
It took one and a half years to finally visit Northern Ireland and Belfast, because of the pandemic. It was such a relief to get here, thirty-one years after visiting Southern Ireland and Dublin, which I travelled to via train and boat. The holiday didn’t disappoint, I really enjoyed our trip.
