Lana, Liam and I spent our Presidents Day weekend in downtown Charlotte, NC enjoying a nice hotel, nice weather and good food. Since we needed to purchase standby tickets at the Charlotte airport through Lufthansa, it was a good long weekend to make the two hour trip. Lana and I are really blessed to still be able to fly cheap through her flight attendant job with Lufthansa while she's on maternity leave. When we fly standby with an airline other than Lufthansa, we're required to buy paper tickets. The closest Lufthansa ticket counter to us is in Charlotte. On March 5th, we are taking a week holiday to Cancun, Mexico to an all-inclusive resort, also discounted through Lufthansa! We now have standby tickets in hand and our names are on the waiting list! My brother and sister-n-law, Brent and Lori, will be in Cancun at a resort just up the beach during the same time frame.
A couple of days before the trip, Lana made a reservation through hotwire.com and was able to book a discounted room at the Westin in downtown Charlotte. The guy helping us check in was previous military, so when he found out I was in the Air Force he upgraded our room to one with a big bed and great view of the city. For lunch we enjoyed some Irish food in town, and spent the afternoon sight seeing. For dinner, we went to Alexander Michael's...a highly recommended local restaurant near downtown.
The next day was relaxing and started with a nice workout in the Westin gym and mid morning nap with Liam before checking out and getting some Indian food for lunch. Since we were in a big city, we took advantage of more things to do and bought a couple tickets to see the Charlotte Civic Orchestra. It was enjoyable and we made it through 75% of the program before Liam got a little too restless. Liam was dressed appropriately with his little tuxedo onesie!
We're now back in Sumter making the most of my day off...time to trim the bushes, clean the house, and get some exercise.
A couple of days before the trip, Lana made a reservation through hotwire.com and was able to book a discounted room at the Westin in downtown Charlotte. The guy helping us check in was previous military, so when he found out I was in the Air Force he upgraded our room to one with a big bed and great view of the city. For lunch we enjoyed some Irish food in town, and spent the afternoon sight seeing. For dinner, we went to Alexander Michael's...a highly recommended local restaurant near downtown.
The next day was relaxing and started with a nice workout in the Westin gym and mid morning nap with Liam before checking out and getting some Indian food for lunch. Since we were in a big city, we took advantage of more things to do and bought a couple tickets to see the Charlotte Civic Orchestra. It was enjoyable and we made it through 75% of the program before Liam got a little too restless. Liam was dressed appropriately with his little tuxedo onesie!
We're now back in Sumter making the most of my day off...time to trim the bushes, clean the house, and get some exercise.
