Monday, November 15, 2010

Fall in California - flying away

What have I been up to this fall? Looking back - I'm not sure - it feels it's still - or at least should be August - but obviously I'm stuck in the past. I have done some travels - a couple of trips to Stockholm, Sweden, one trip down to LA to watch the Midterm Elections and one trip down to San Diego to attend a conference. Add regular work and a family to the travel mix. The bad thing about getting all those miles when traveling is that you can use them - for travel - when all you want to once you get back from your miles-awarded-travels is not to travel...

When you fly "domestic" within California - Southwest is your best choice. Southwest is a special airline - voted high in customer satisfaction and - one of few that actually isn't on the verge of bankruptcy...  When you are to board a Southwest flight you are assigned a special number - and you have to line up in the exact order when it's time to board. No one has assigned seats - not even travelers in "business class" (there is not business class - only the privilege of getting on board first - and getting a free drink). It's a somewhat nice change from long term flights across the globe - and the best part is that "domestic" California rarely means flying more than an hour.

Random pictures from this fall:



The wall of Konserthuset in Stockholm
The fantastic ceiling of Ulvsunda Slott outside Stockholm
- you don't see ceilings like this too often over here...
Meg Whitman declares defeat in Universal City in LA where
I happened to end up on Midterm Election night. 
Spent a few rainy days in San Diego in October. Not much use of the rain. 

We did see the sun one - one evening. But I did have a great view from my hotel room...

3 comments:

Elizabeth J. Neal said...

It's a somewhat nice change from long term flights across the globe - and the best part is that "domestic" California rarely means flying more than an hour. luxury travel

Richard C. Lambert said...

The bad thing about getting all those miles when traveling is that you can use them - for travel - when all you want to once you get back from your miles-awarded-travels is not to travel...

Unknown said...

Well, I'm gonna be an alien visiting there for a bit too
Would you recommend a
California vacation property
or hotels would do?