This is another one of those mad dashes across the Atlantic, starting in Budapest, to Heathrow, then onto New York and Los Angeles, before a final hop over to Honolulu.
This is an archive showing posts assigned to tag: Trips.
Trips are jaunts that we have taken that are not considered holidays.
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By Nige
on May 17, 2024
at 8:49 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Los Angeles in May 2024
Tags: Hilton | Los Angeles | Trips | USA
I had a Warner Bros Studio Tour planned for 11am, but I decided I may as well head up there early. My heel was hurting, so the earlier I could finish off any heavy walking, the better.
By Nige
on May 17, 2024
at 11:43 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Los Angeles in May 2024
Tags: Hilton | Los Angeles | Trips | USA
I woke at around 2am, so I got a decent amount of sleep, but I knew there was no chance I was going to get back to sleep. I had an exciting plan for this morning: to hike up to the Hollywood sign, aiming to start my hike not long after sunrise (a little before 6am).
By Nige
on May 16, 2024
at 11:23 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Los Angeles in May 2024
Tags: British Airways | Hilton | JFK | LAX | LHR | London Heathrow | Los Angeles | New York | Trips | USA
Photos from Day 3.
By Nige
on May 16, 2024
at 8:13 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Los Angeles in May 2024
Tags: Hilton | JFK | LAX | Los Angeles | New York | Trips | USA
Having left the aircraft first, I was on my way up the airbridge, when I heard "Mr Billingham" from an AA rep that was now behind me. I had to double back and take a boarding pass from her.
By Nige
on May 16, 2024
at 3:49 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Los Angeles in May 2024
Tags: British Airways | JFK | LHR | London Heathrow | New York | Trips | USA
I was awoken abruptly by the alarm this morning - I was clearly in a deep sleep. I caught the 5am Hoppa Hotels bus and bypassed the e-ticketing system, which failed miserably over the last couple of days.
By Nige
on May 15, 2024
at 5:14 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Los Angeles in May 2024
Tags: Finnair | HEL | Helsinki | Hilton | LHR | London | Trips
Passport Control (allowing access to the non-Schengen gates) was really busy with a long queue tailing around a tensa barrier structure.
By Nige
on May 15, 2024
at 2:32 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Los Angeles in May 2024
Tags: BUD | Budapest | Finnair | HEL | Helsinki | Trips
Having turned off the light at around 1:30 a.m., I was awake at around 6:30 a.m., thinking about whether Mango had allowed her mum to get some sleep last night.
By Nige
on May 14, 2024
at 11:09 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Los Angeles in May 2024
Tags: BUD | Budapest | LHR | London Heathrow | Trips
Photos from Day 1.
By Nige
on May 14, 2024
at 10:49 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Los Angeles in May 2024
Tags: BUD | Budapest | LHR | London Heathrow | Trips
It eventually took two hours from leaving home to walking into the BA Lounge at Heathrow T3. The drive itself took the normal hour. Waiting for the Hoppa bus and the journey to Heathrow T5 took another 25 mins, then waiting for a tube to T3 and walking to T3 added another 25 mins or so.
