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A Family Adventure in Paris – Part 7 – Conclusion

Part 1 – Introduction Part 2 – Air France Business Class (777) Part 3 – Le Meridien Etoile Part 4 – Our Approach to Paris with Kids Part 5 – Dining Part 6 – Air France Business Class (A380) Part 7 – Conclusion In the weeks that have passed since our trip, one of the [...]

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A Family Adventure in Paris – Part 6 – Air France Business Class (A380)

Part 1 – Introduction Part 2 – Air France Business Class (777) Part 3 – Le Meridien Etoile Part 4 – Our Approach to Paris with Kids Part 5 – Dining Part 6 – Air France Business Class (A380) Part 7 – Conclusion Our flight home from Paris was going to be the longest daytime flight our kids had ever taken.  I [...]

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A Family Adventure in Paris – Part 2 – Air France Business Class (777)

Part 1 – Introduction Part 2 – Air France Business Class (777) Part 3 – Le Meridien Etoile Part 4 – Our Approach to Paris with Kids Part 5 – Dining Part 6 – Air France Business Class (A380) Part 7 – Conclusion Having agreed to go and established the week that we wanted to travel, I set out to find business [...]

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A Family Adventure in Paris – Part 1 – Introduction

Part 1 – Introduction Part 2 – Air France Business Class (777) Part 3 – Le Meridien Etoile Part 4 – Our Approach to Paris with Kids Part 5 – Dining Part 6 – Air France Business Class (A380) Part 7 – Conclusion To me, exposing my children to cultures all around the world at as young of an age as possible [...]

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Next trips booked! Las Vegas (work); Paris (family)

I’ve got my next two trips booked!  The first is to Las Vegas for work.  ;)  I’m going for my industry’s largest trade event later this year.  Something memorable always comes about… I was also able to redeem Delta SkyMiles for four non-stop low-miles business class awards on Air France’s A380 from JFK to Paris-CDG [...]

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Air France 447 – A detailed account of the final minutes (Popular Mechanics)

Popular Mechanics published a very detailed account of the final minutes on AF447.  It is an eye-opening read, and highlights some of the drawbacks of today’s most automated aircraft.  While overall we’re probably much better off with such advanced aircraft, as is the case with most rules, there are a few exceptions. If you fly [...]

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Air France Concorde

Air France Concorde at Paris Charles de Galle CDG Concorde is (or, sadly, was) the single best way to fly. Concorde is what commercial air travel was always intended to be about: speed, comfort and glamour.  Traveling at twice the speed of sound, from New York, you could arrive in Paris in less time than [...]

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