My journey across the pond

WHERE DID I GO

Jen and I booked our first holiday together and my first holiday in four years last year. We thought long and hard on where to go and what we wanted to do and ended up choosing Orlando, Florida. We had booked it 8 months in advance so we had a long wait and delayed excitement until the big day when we travelled down to Manchester.

We booked to stay in a time share apartment of my Dad’s in Kissimmee. The photos of the place online looked very retro but I am never one to complain and thought it may have changed by the time we arrived there.

THE FLIGHT

The flight to Orlando International from Manchester was to be the longest flight I had been on. We were flying with Virgin Atlantic and I had heard a lot of good things about Virgin in comparison to other airlines when it comes to long haul flights. Apparently there was more leg room and it was just a more all round better experience. I wasn’t so much impressed, granted they did treat you well however the leg room in economy flying was completely non-existent, I am only 5 foot 10 and anyone taller than me must have felt crippled after the 8 hours. I made a decision on the way back that I’d never fly economy on a long haul flight again.