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Tineke Willems, Ilse DeBeer, & Valerie Dalle
(Friends from Brugge, Belgium)
Their Trip - To Florida USA
July 2001
- March 2001  - 02 August 2001

Brussels (BRU) to Madrid (MAD) ---- Tuesday, July 17, 2001 ---- 727 Miles / 1120 Km
                                    Iberia Airlines - Flight IB 3203 (Check-in NLT - 10:20 am)
               Lv 12:20 pm Brussels (BRU)
Latitude:  50° 54' 08" North / Longitude:  04° 29' 09" East
               Ar 2:35 pm Madrid (MAD)
Latitude:  40° 25' 52" North / Longitude:  02° 54' 12" East


Leave Gate - 12:45 (0:25 Late)
Take Off - 12:51
Land - 14:49
Park at Gate - 14:54 (0:19 Late)
Boeing 757-200

Madrid (MAD) to Miami (MIA) ---- Tuesday, July 17, 2001 ---- 4755 Miles / 7652 Km
                                    Iberia Airlines - Flight IB 6125
               Lv 4:55 pm Madrid (MAD)
Latitude:  40° 25' 52" North / Longitude:  02° 54' 12" East
               Ar 8:15 pm Miami (MIA)
Latitude:  25° 47' 00" North / Longitude:  80° 17' 00" West


Airbus A340-200

Airbus A340-300
Leave Gate - 16:54 (0:01 Early)
Take Off - 17:23
Land - 20:18
Park at Gate - 20:24 (0:06 Late)
In-process thru customs & meet Rick & Linda - 21:15
Drive Miami to Ankona, Florida --- Tuesday, July 17, 2001 --- 116 Miles / 187 Km
Arrive ~ 01:00 ... after stopping at a "Denny's" in Hollywood for a snack & drink

SOUTH FLORIDA MAP - "THE BIG PICTURE"
(192Kb Image file)


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Brussels-Madrid
Lv 12:45
Ar 14:54

Madrid - Miami
Lv 16:54
Ar 20:24

Drive to R&L's
(135 Mi)
PICK UP CAR
in WPB

Drive down 
& back
via the 
Interstate
(60 Mi)

Beach @ Jensen
Drive
to Orlando
(125 Mi)

Do 
Seaworld
Disney World

Do
Epcot Center
Disney World

Do 
Magic Kingdom
@
Rick & Linda's
@
Rick & Linda's
@
Orlando
@
Orlando
@
Orlando

 
 
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Disney World

Do 
MGM Studios

Drive
back to R&L's
(125 Mi)
Day Trip
Kennedy Space Center
(Cocoa)

Space Shuttle
Launch
(03 March 2001)

Drive
to
KSC & Back
(210 Mi)
Drive
to
Miami Beach
(140 Mi)

Do Miami
Drive
Fm: Miami
To: WPB
-Turn in Car-
(75 Mi)

Meet R&L
 Drive
to 
Lake Harbor
(60 Mi)

Bar-B-Que
at
Belle Glade
Marina
Day Trip

To the
Audubon Societies
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary

"Chill", visit, 
&
Wildlife watch

Then down to the Collier-Seminole State Park for a picnic 
& Return to B&B's
Day Trip

To 
Billies Swamp Safari at the Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation
& Return to B&B's

Some other
"Glades Image" series
Glades 1
(20 Sept 1997)
Glades 2
(18 March 2001)
Glades 3
(21 June 2001)
Day Trip

To
Fort Myers (West Florida Beaches)
& Return to B&B's

Nite Trip
with Sutt & Janel to 
Clematis Street
& the WPB "night life"
@
Rick & Linda's
@
Rick & Linda's
@
Miami
@
Barb & Bo's
@
Barb & Bo's
@
Barb & Bo's
@
Barb & Bo's

 
 

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- 11
31
"Revovery
Day"
;-)

Cook - Out
at B&B's
with their 
family & grandkids
Drive To WPB
w/ B&B
(60 Mi)

Train
To Miami
w/ B,B,R, & L
(75 Mi)

Fly
Miami - Madrid
Lv 17:58
Miami - Madrid
Ar 08:45

Madrid - Brussels
Lv 17:05
Ar 19:35

Ar Brugge
~ 21:15
@
Barb & Bo's
In Flight
HOME !

 

Some "misc" & useful links

Access America

Access America - Orlando, Florida

Access America - Miami, Florida

Orlando Vacation - An overview & Resort(s) site
    Disney World, Universal Studios, Sea World, Other Attractions, Resort Hotels, Discount Tickets, Area Map
        (seems like some good "deals" are available thru this site)

Kennedy Space Center, NASA Home Page
 
 

---- Monday, July 30, 2001 ----

B&B, Drive - Lake Harbor, Florida to West Palm Beach (Tri-Rail Terminal) 57 Mi / 92 Km
     - Leave ~ 8:30 am
R&L, Drive - Ankona, Florida to West Palm Beach (Tri-Rail Terminal) 47 Mi / 76 Km
     - Leave ~ 9:00 am


West Palm Beach to Miami via Tri-Rail (Train P613)

                Lv Mangonia Park Terminal - 10:40 am
                Ar Miami Airport Terminal - 12:39 pm    (Shuttle Bus to/from MIA)

Tri-Rail Northbound
(Miami Airport Terminal / Mangonia Park Terminal)

Train P620
Lv: 4:29 pm
Ar: 6:28 pm
Train P622
Lv: 5:29 pm
Ar: 7:28 pm
Train P624
Lv: 6:29 pm
Ar: 8:28 pm
Train P626
Lv: 7:29 pm
Ar: 9:28 pm

Miami (MIA) to Madrid (MAD) ---- Monday, July 30, 2001 ---- 4755 Miles / 7652 Km
                                    Iberia Airlines - Flight IB 6122 (Check-in NLT 3:05 pm)
               Lv 5:05 pm Miami (MIA)
Latitude:  25° 47' 00" North / Longitude:  80° 17' 00" West
               Ar 7:25 am (Tuesday, July 31, 2001) Madrid (MAD)
Latitude:  40° 25' 52" North / Longitude:  02° 54' 12" East


Boeing 747
Leave Gate - 17:58 (0:53 Late)
Take Off - 18:15
Land - 08:38
Park at Gate - 08:45 (1:20 Late)

Madrid (MAD) to Brussels (BRU) ---- Tuesday, July 31, 2001 ---- 727 Miles / 1120 Km
                                    Iberia Airlines - Flight IB 3206
               Lv 8:55 am Madrid (MAD) .... Left Gate @ 08:57, MISSED THIS CONNECTION !!!!!!
Latitude:  40° 25' 52" North / Longitude:  02° 54' 12" East
               Ar 11:10 am Brussels (BRU)
Latitude:  50° 54' 08" North / Longitude:  04° 29' 09" East

RESCHEDULED CONNECTING FLIGHT

Madrid (MAD) to Brussels (BRU) ---- Tuesday, July 31, 2001 ---- 727 Miles / 1120 Km
                                    Iberia Airlines - Flight IB 3214
               Lv 16:20 PM Madrid (MAD)
               Ar 18:35 PM Brussels (BRU)

Boeing 757-200
Leave Gate - 17:05 (0:45 Late)
Take Off - 17:35
Land - 19:30
Park at Gate - 19:35 (1:00 Late)

"FINALLY" - ARRIVED HOME ~ 21:00
1 of 4 of our flights (& the connecting flight we "missed")
was reasonably "ontime"
- Thanks Iberia, don't think we'll fly with you again -

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