On Aug 25, 9:11*am, Andy Breen wrote:
On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:52:13 +0100, Arthur Figgis wrote:
On 24/08/2011 09:50, Neil Williams wrote:
On Aug 24, 10:11 am, *wrote:

And this is the main
platform for the Heathrow Connect - welcome to London hapless airline
tourists.

"You should have used Heathrow Express, you cheapskate"?

Is there anywhere on the planet where the whole experience of arriving
by air gives a good impression?

Arlanda.
Gardermoen.
Copenhagen's pretty good, too.
Tromso, of course.

Hmm. A pattern starts to emerge..

--
From the Model M of Andy Breen, speaking only for himself

Hmmm, where have I been by air (relatively) recently?

Vancouver's not bad. When I went there in 2004, you had to get an
(expensive-ish) bus from the airport to downtown, but the area you
went through was quite pleasant.

Madeira airport's probably on the least attractive part of the island.

The train from Barcelona airport to the city centre goes through some
of the less-attractive suburbs.

The area you go through from New York JFK to Manhattan wasn't too bad,
if nothing special.

Can't comment on Vienna, as I went there by train - and the approach
from the W through the Wienerwald was rather nice.

Nick

On Aug 25, 1:44*pm, Nick wrote:
On Aug 25, 9:11*am, Andy Breen wrote:





On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:52:13 +0100, Arthur Figgis wrote:
On 24/08/2011 09:50, Neil Williams wrote:
On Aug 24, 10:11 am, *wrote:

And this is the main
platform for the Heathrow Connect - welcome to London hapless airline
tourists.

"You should have used Heathrow Express, you cheapskate"?

Is there anywhere on the planet where the whole experience of arriving
by air gives a good impression?

Arlanda.
Gardermoen.
Copenhagen's pretty good, too.
Tromso, of course.

Hmm. A pattern starts to emerge..


Hmmm, where have I been by air (relatively) recently?

Vancouver's not bad. When I went there in 2004, you had to get an
(expensive-ish) bus from the airport to downtown, but the area you
went through was quite pleasant.

Madeira airport's probably on the least attractive part of the island.

The train from Barcelona airport to the city centre goes through some
of the less-attractive suburbs.

The area you go through from New York JFK to Manhattan wasn't too bad,
if nothing special.

Can't comment on Vienna, as I went there by train - and the approach
from the W through the Wienerwald was rather nice.

Very few airports are pleasent places to be. But, I regularly utilize
two that must qualify as the word's worst, LHR and LAX.

On Aug 26, 8:46*am, 1506 wrote:

Very few airports are pleasent places to be. *But, I regularly utilize
two that must qualify as the word's worst, LHR and LAX.

I don't find them massively unpleasant places - they can be good for
people watching and buying a book before your flight. But nothing
quite beats the atmosphere of a railway station in the evening,
particularly when what's left of the night trains is due.

I changed at Lausanne at about 10:30pm last Tuesday, and on the route
of the real Orient-Express I still got to see a Solari proudly
proclaiming something like "2235 - EuroNight - Lyon Dijon BARCELONA" -
had me sad to be taking the delayed stopper to Puidoux and on to
Vevey, and wanting a proper international adventure...

Neil