Well, it’s been a while. It seems like the last time I actually published a post was just under 11 years ago! It probably doesn’t mean much because I don’t think anybody reads this blog anyway!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At any rate I’ve unearthed it now as I’m heading off to the US for 3 weeks. And as much as I’m usually bad at keeping a record of my trips the snippets that I do have always make for enjoyable reading and reminiscing. So the plan is for me to record my travels here, how frequently and how often remains to be seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the moment, we’re at 34.985ft, flying 835km\/h and heading for Sydney. From there, I’ll be boarding a flight to Los Angeles, but I won’t have internet then so I’m making the most of Qantas WiFi now. (For those interested in tech you’ll get alight to know that the ping of my connection is 962ms!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
COVID has obviously kept me out of the air for a while and as much as I’ve been keen to travel internationally I haven’t really had a way to make it happen til now. I am looking forward to flying on an A380 – my first super jumbo since I was on a 747-400 about 25 years ago when my family went to Germany & Switzerland. I was hoping to use my point to upgrade to business which unfortunately didn’t come through, but I did manage to upgrade to premium economy so that should be reasonable on the longer flight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Once I land in LA, I stay the night, then fly across to New York stay the night again and from there hire a car and drive up to UMass Amherst. That’s where my first event and primary reason for going will happen – Future Problem Solving International Conference 2022. This post has been surprisingly long so I think I’ll leave it there. Maybe shorter, more frequent posts may be the way to go…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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