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Skriven 2010-05-04 15:50:00 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Bill Swisher
Ärende: A DAY TO LIVE IN 00504
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 -=> Quoting Bill Swisher to Glen Jamieson <=-

 > Are any airlines still flying that Anchorage-Europe route?  It sounds

 BS> Condor is still flying it.  As a matter of a fact I finished the
 BS> Sunday paper and walked in to find this message.  The paper reports
 BS> there is a $806 RT via Condor, the Las Vegas paper was reporting it at,
 BS> IIRC, $219.  I've searched, before, and couldn't find those rates
 BS> anywhere.  I've gone so far as to send email to the travel reporters

Those extra cheap rates are only advertised after both of those cheap
seats have been bought by the airline manager's best friend.  :)

 BS> telling them they made up the numbers, oddly enough I've gotten no
 BS> replies.  Jim should look into the flight.  It is a triangle shaped
 BS> thing.  Anchorage to Frankfurt to Whitehorse to Anchorage...etc.

A rather flat triangle, as it appears in my atlas, looking down on the
North Pole, but logical.

 BS> All he'd need is cash and a passport, he could stop here for a visit,
 BS> it's a short jaunt of 1174 miles, or so one-way, from Yellowknife to
 BS> Whitehorse. Condor expects people to get off the plane for a visit at
 BS> each stop.  The flights are mainly for German/European tourists to

And then catch the next plane along.  How often do they fly?

 BS> visit the various wildernesses.  When we took the flight there were
 BS> some people who'd just returned from a 2 week float down a river up
 BS> past the arctic circle I talked to,
 BS> they'd also spent time down in Canada for a total trip of two or three
 BS> months. 

That would attract quite a few Europeans, looking for something
different.

 BS> I think that if we ever do a long trip again it would be a three stop
 BS> trip down
 BS> your ways, Fiji (just because we're in the neighborhood and we liked
 BS> it), New Zealand (only saw the north island), and Australia (only saw
 BS> the coast from Sydney to Cairns).

Fiji is good, and on the international route across the Pacific.  The
South Island of New Zealand is much more rugged than the North, and
has some magnificent scenery.  Sydney is just another international
city, much like many others, although its Harbour is OK.  It would be
better if you got to Adelaide and other parts of South Australia, for
good food and wine.  We even have culture, with all sorts of music
festivals!   If you like trains it is possible to get from Sydney to
Adelaide in 2 days, then another 2 days across the red centre to get
to tropical Darwin.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Five Corners Jam
 Categories: Fruits, Jams
      Yield: 4 Pints
 
  2 1/2 lb Five corners fruit, ripe
  1 1/2 pt Water
  1 1/2 lb Sugar
      2    Lemons
      1 t  Salt
 
  For this recipe, the fruit must be properly ripe (orange colour). Cut
  off and discard the sharp edges of the fruit.   Cut fruit into slices
  about 3/4 inch thick. Add water and boil until temder; about 15
  minutes. Add sugar (suggest 1 lb, then test for sweetness.)  Add
  juice of the 2 lemons and salt.  Boil until jam jells.  Test at 15
  minutes. Note: The small seeds are considered to improve the flavour.
  
                          Source:  Darwin Gardeners Gourmet Guide - 1979
 
MMMMM
 

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