Sue and Martin in Mallorca 2019

Sue and Martin in Mallorca 2019
On the Archduke's Path in Mallorca

Tuesday 18 February 2020

Philadelphia Airport

It's a massive place, serving a city that's twice the size of Greater Manchester.

We arrived on a lovely day (skiing in Gatineau Park would have been sublime) in an Embraer plane like the one on the right - less than 100 seats. We are leaving on one more like that on the left - a much bigger 787.

There are six terminals - all displaying lavish artwork and displays. Easy chairs make our seven hour sojourn here reasonably palatable, especially given the wonderful prose in Northbridge Rectory, by Angela Thirlell. Written in 1941, about a village in WW2, the author manages to enthral the reader without anything of any real substance happening.

I finished that book, and am hoping that Delia Owens will match Thirkell with her 'Where the Crawdads Sing' (2018) during the only horrible part of this trip - the overnight flight home.

Lego, and a few other things, features in the lower picture.

1 comment:

Sir Hugh said...

That book sounds interesting. I will have a look when I have waded through my two current 500 pagers. Looks like you had a good trip. Welcome back to the storms when you arrive.