Hello out there in "Ironside" land !
Tom "Trapper" Johnson checking in with you with a request.
Barbara, my better half, and I are booked for a trip back to Cyprus in
October to do a little touring around the island , visit with friends
living there, and visit the two Canadian cemeteries to lay a
Rememberance wreath .
Our flight dates are as follows :
Departing Halifax on the 11 Oct on Flt 860 Air Canada, departing 21:30
pm and arriving London Heathrow @ 08:25 am on the 12th Oct. Because it
is 7.5 hr flight, we plan a day stopover in Heathrow area hotel ing
overnight at The Heathrow Thistle Hotel to give the legs a break, and
maybe have a pitcher of suds that evening at the Pub !
On the morning 13th Oct , we catch the Thistle early shuttle bus back to
Heathrow (05:30am) and check in through British Airways security
,baggage etc in time to catch our early 08:50 am British Airways flight
622 to Larnaka Cyprus, arriving there at 4 hrs 35 mins later .
On the return flights , we plan the same stopover in London, again at
the Thistle Heathrow Hotel befor our trip back to Halifax ...
Departing Larnaka Cyprus on 20th Oct on British Airways Flt 623 at 16:50
pm, arriving London Heathrow at 19:50 pm, taking the shuttle back to
the Thistle Hotel. We can sleep in tomorrow am . Making our way back to
Heathrow by shuttle 10:00am.
Departing Heathrow for Halifax on Air Canada Flt 861 on the 21 Oct at
12:50pm for Halifax, arriving 16:40 pm.
I had mentioned it to a few old "Ironsides", and a few have contacted me
for information on costs etc....so, If there are anybody who might be
interested in travelling to Cyprus the same time we do, then I would ask
that they make their own travel arrangements ,and contact me befor the
15th May . If there are enough interested, I might possibly be able to
get a tour bus of Cyprus arranged through my local Travel Agent
"Maritime Merlin Travel" (506-536-3636) here in Sackville NB. They have
also indicated that they can make your flight arrangements for you,
regardless of where you live...however, if you plan to use "air Miles"
our "Air Points" then you should use your own local travel Agent .
Here's hoping to hear from some of you in the near future..
Trapper Tom Johnson
(506) 536-3762