September 2018 saw me take my all-time Bucket List trip – Route 66, something I have always wanted to do. We flew non-stop from Gatwick to Chicago with Norwegian, good service and no charge for prebooking seats!  Chicago -  what a fab city, much more attractive than lots of US cities I have visited, clean, safe and easy to get around.  We stayed at the historic Palmer House Hilton on Monroe Street, a grand old dame of a hotel in a good spot and walking distance to the...

I travelled with Etihad airways from Heathrow direct to Abu Dhabi early on Friday 7th November, after a flight of 7 hours we arrived in Abu Dhabi – the immigration through the airport was swift and we were transferred by coach to the beautiful Ritz Carlton Hotel.  Abu Dhabi is 4 hours ahead of us so when we arrived we had a quick drinks reception with some of the sales staff and then retreated to our beautiful deluxe rooms for a night’s sleep. Sat 8th November Brea...