Airbus A320 Family random pictures

Just a few random pics I took either while on travel or on duty. Thought you might like them:

New York, Intrepid and Hudson River, July 2024

Yet another stopover in New York. I got plenty of them last year. This was the shortest of them but at least I would return as a deadhead crew. I had nothing to do or to buy in New York but I forced me out of the hotel room. On a personal note, I had a really bad start of 2024 and I was still fixing things up to get back to normal, so it was important for me to get distracted.

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Newark Liberty Airport
& Penn Station

From the inside of our tiny but cosy A321LR, after arrival:

And a view of Newark's Penn Station where I got a PATH train to Manhattan.

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Manhattan

Contrary to what I hoped, the stroll didn't improve my spirits. Usually when I start the day in a bad mood there's nothing I can do to help myself (even if I try hard) except waiting for the day to end, go to sleep and start another fresh day after some kind of brain reset. I had a million of thoughts in my mind that day. At some point it seemed that during my stroll I was running away from something, walking in a fast pace, in a totally random direction.

Still signs of the 4th of July celebration

I ended up walking all along the Hudson River towards uptown, seeing the same places and features I already saw hundreds of times.

Little Island...

Hudson Yards...

Intrepid...

Late that afternoon it started to rain I got under some kind of public structure where many others were too looking for shelter. Somehow I stood in front of an office door and after some minutes there an agent of whatever service it was got out and told it was not smart to stay in front of a door. I apologized but what I really wanted to say to her was "I'm so sorry for being such a dumb" because of the way she told me that. I was just trying not to get soaked as everybody else and the space was not abundant. My mood was already bad and this totally killed the rest of my day: I just wanted the rain to stop and go back to the hotel. Definitely I should've stayed in my room and read a book.

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Return flight

Next day, after a failed short visit to New York it was finally time to go back home.

A scene of David and Goliath

Mood lighting and moving flight map just before landing...

Better days would finally come in October.

Tenerife Sur Reina Sofia Airport & Frankfurt Int'l

First time I landed in one of the Canary Islands was in 2008 when I was still flying the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar for a charter airline. It was a Charles de Gaulle - Fuerteventura flight for XL Airways France.

In 2019, I went to visit Gran Canaria (Las Palmas).

And recently, I had a turnaround flight to Tenerife South for the first time! Many interesting aircraft there, including this A321 with Condor's striking livery, and the A320neo of Brussels Airlines with the special Tomorrowland livery.

Next day I did a regular turnaround flight to Frankfurt. And just like this, a new year begins.

Welcome 2025!

New York, SoHo, December 2024

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara was one of the books I read last year. Although I've been to SoHo many times I never paid the due attention it deserves.

Last year I was lucky enough to fly to Newark many times and maybe New York was the only reason that tied me to the widebody fleet for so many years. Now that we have the A321LR that's no longer a dilema.

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Midtown

I started the day in Midtown where I was finally able to find a pair black leather gloves to use with my uniform in cold weather. I bought them in the Winter Village at Bryant Park.

Second duty of the day was to check out on the Rockefeller Christmas Tree. I knew it was not inaugurated yet, but I wanted to see it anyway.

After that I went for some shopping at one Best Buy near Times Square and the Apple Store nearby the Central Park. I changed my smartphone for the first time in seven years so I needed new accessories. I hate getting new phones and the whole migration process because it's not as simple as they advertise it. And I was right: I got a few headaches with the transition. But after seven years of use, no doubt the previous one had become totally obsolete.

Steinway Tower

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Lispenard Street

For those who read the book - A Little Life - Lispenard Street in the SoHo is the one place you have to visit first. Such a little and apparently uninteresting street in Manhattan that you get to see with different eyes after reading the book. And to imagine what the life of the book characters Jude St Francis and Willem would have been there. Although Lispenard Street is real, A Little Life is a fiction book. But many agree the building that inspired the author was the number 56.

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Greene Street

Going towards uptown direction via Greene Street I wondered if the next building with these cute attic windows could have been the one to where Jude St Francis moved later.

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Perry Street

The last street I visited in this A Little Life tour in New York was Perry Street. Although I didn't have or remembered any clue/description that could to what building was the one that Willem lived in when he got his own apartment, I found Perry Street to be absolutely beautiful. New York sure is a city with huge contrasts. We first think of huge skyscrapers in Manhattan but then, I found this:

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Levain Bakery

I was curious about New York's favorite cookie so my next stop was Levain Bakery in the NoHo/Lafayette St, after walking a little through the Hudson River Park.

Hudson River Park

Of course I went for the Chocolate Chip Walnut cookie - the original one - which cost 5.25 US$.

New York has always so much to offer and this was no exception.

Boston, Beacon Hill, October 2024

Yes, I'm still enjoying in my new fleet. I'm still doing one or two long haul flights per month flying the Airbus A321LR but I'm getting very nice destinations. Boston sure is a winner for almost everybody in the company. This was my second time in Boston this year.

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Cheers Pub

The day we arrived we went out for dinner at the iconic pub that inspired the setting of the television series with the same name. I've been to Boston many times but this was a first for me. Cheers to that!

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Beacon Hill

The next day in the morning I decided to go alone to explore the Beacon Hill neighborhood, something I wanted to do for a long time. Particularly, I wanted to see the Acorn Street, one of the most photographed streets in Boston with typical colonial architecture. I was brought to attention of this street by my colleague "Maricleta", who shared photos of it in her personal/travel blog.

Yeah, I find it sweet and worth a visit! I continued exploring the neighbourhood and since this was October, many people were getting their front doors prepared for the Halloween.

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Boston Common

It's impossible not to cross this park when you are in town. It's the (green) heart of the city. I already showed in this blog the Frog Pond which is transformed into an ice rink every winter. This time it was too early for that.

As I said before, this was the month of October when you can appreciate the wonderful autumn colors in this park. And I coudn't stop staring. It's really so beautiful!