Going Back to New Orleans Aboard an Amtrak Train - Plus AA JFK-LAX 321 C
Dec 8, 2014, 11:07 am
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Hi CMK10 - Nice report! will you be doing the train again in may? if so which route? Im thinking of popping over the pond for a ride on the rails myself in 2015.
Seasons Greetings from the Lake District UK. :-D
Seasons Greetings from the Lake District UK. :-D
Dec 8, 2014, 11:24 am
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The Brooklyn neighborhood of Canarsie is in this photograph — along with Mill Basin; Gerritsen Beach; what used to be known as Starrett City; and the western end of the parking lot of Jacob Riis Park in the Rockaways in Queens is just southeast of the Marine Parkway Bridge.
Floyd Bennett Field used to be an airport and is easily recognizable by the runways. One of the runways is pointing northeast towards Canarsie. The Belt Parkway is the highway with the curves running along the Brooklyn shore line west and north of Floyd Bennett Field.
Floyd Bennett Field used to be an airport and is easily recognizable by the runways. One of the runways is pointing northeast towards Canarsie. The Belt Parkway is the highway with the curves running along the Brooklyn shore line west and north of Floyd Bennett Field.
Dec 8, 2014, 2:27 pm
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Oh and welcome to Flyertalk!
The Brooklyn neighborhood of Canarsie is in this photograph — along with Mill Basin; Gerritsen Beach; what used to be known as Starrett City; and the western end of the parking lot of Jacob Riis Park in the Rockaways in Queens is just southeast of the Marine Parkway Bridge.
Floyd Bennett Field used to be an airport and is easily recognizable by the runways. One of the runways is pointing northeast towards Canarsie. The Belt Parkway is the highway with the curves running along the Brooklyn shore line west and north of Floyd Bennett Field.
Floyd Bennett Field used to be an airport and is easily recognizable by the runways. One of the runways is pointing northeast towards Canarsie. The Belt Parkway is the highway with the curves running along the Brooklyn shore line west and north of Floyd Bennett Field.
Dec 9, 2014, 2:50 pm
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What a great report! Thank you! 
And next time you step off the train here in LFT, just let me know in advance and I'll show up at the station with a thermos of my (in)famous Cajun Bloody Marys.....
And next time you step off the train here in LFT, just let me know in advance and I'll show up at the station with a thermos of my (in)famous Cajun Bloody Marys.....
Dec 9, 2014, 3:29 pm
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Dec 9, 2014, 5:37 pm
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Great report, my parents and I did this trip in January. Actually, while doing research on where to eat, I took my parents to Felix's after reading your Crescent train report.
Dec 9, 2014, 9:09 pm
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Thank you! And wow, love when my posts are informative. Did you/they like it?
Dec 10, 2014, 7:45 am
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P1000257 by seat38a, on Flickr
Dec 10, 2014, 9:15 am
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That looks delicious! Glad you didn't show me any oyster pictures though
Dec 10, 2014, 10:26 am
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I asked you upthread for your suggestions for my forthcoming trip.
In the end I reread your Crescent report and decided that was going to be the trip for me.
I am taking my sister along and she can hardly contain her excitement.
I am also going to be Eurocheating, as the business class fare from DUB to PHL returning from MSY was £1006. The same trip from LHR priced out at £2800.
We are going to spend a couple of nights in Dublin first, a place I have yet to visit. Its been 22 years since I visited Philly and I have never been to New Orleans.
I cant wait for the end of March to arrive, but first I have a 2 week trip to PHX coming up and my first time Eurocheating.
Thank you for your inspiration.
In the end I reread your Crescent report and decided that was going to be the trip for me.
I am taking my sister along and she can hardly contain her excitement.
I am also going to be Eurocheating, as the business class fare from DUB to PHL returning from MSY was £1006. The same trip from LHR priced out at £2800.
We are going to spend a couple of nights in Dublin first, a place I have yet to visit. Its been 22 years since I visited Philly and I have never been to New Orleans.
I cant wait for the end of March to arrive, but first I have a 2 week trip to PHX coming up and my first time Eurocheating.
Thank you for your inspiration.
Dec 10, 2014, 1:23 pm
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Sounds like an absolutely excellent trip, if I forgot to give you suggestions I apologize but I'm glad you found my previous report. Have a wonderful trip ^
Dec 10, 2014, 3:04 pm
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In fact with your suggestions and previous reports I had an abundance of riches!
The fact you do the trips with your dad is what made me think about taking my sister.
Thanks again