One of my favorite things is being able to watch a movie or TV and say that I have been there. There’s just something about watching Angels and Demons after being in Rome or playing a game of softball on the field from The Field of Dreams in Iowa. There is one movie on my list that is a MUST and that is European Vacation. I never thought it would really be possible but now that I work for a travel company and we are opening up 28 new European destinations (See below) by the end of this month my dream of re-enacting this speech can come true!

Here are some of our new European destinations we have opened and some movies from those locations:

Germany – Stuttgart, Hamburg, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt and Munich – Visit scenes from Mission Impossible III

France – Lyon, Nice/Monaco, – Visit scenes from the classic Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Italy – Milan, Rome, Venice – Check out the historic scenes from Gladiator

Czech Republic – Prague – Mission Impossible was also filmed here

Hungary – Budapest – If it’s good enough for MacGyver’s than it’s good enough for this guy…episode 5 “The Thief of Budapest”

England- Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, – Have to go to re-enact many scenes from European Vacation

Switzerland – Zurich, Geneva, Lucerne – Adventure upon The Bourne Identity

Greece – Athens – Sing along with Mamma Mia

Turkey – Istanbul, Let your inner spy out and visit scenes from From Russia with Love

What movie locations have you been to or want to go to?

Sean
Delta Vacations

Welcome to Atlanta…or back to Atlanta! It’s been two months since I’ve been home, and when I’m used to being at my house in Atlanta every night, two months away does seem pretty strange. I’m really looking forward to sleeping in my own bed, sitting on my own couch, and making that routine drive down I-85 to Turner Field.

I was lucky to have an off day to spend in Atlanta before playing a three game series against the Braves Tuesday through Thursday. No set plans for my visit yet, but I’m sure it will include lunch at Chick-fil-a (and who knows, maybe breakfast too!), a little golf at Hawks Ridge, hanging out with my wife Catie and our dogs at home, and visiting my family in Lilburn. I may even find time to do a little shopping for a couple of ATV’s to use down at our family farm during the offseason. Not sure what kind yet, so any suggestions would be great.

It will also be fun to see my former Braves teammates and friends. I’m sure Catie and I will have dinner and catch up with Brian (McCann) and his wife Ashley while we’re in town.

A few days after being traded to the Mets back in July, I traveled with my new club down to Atlanta to take on the Braves. Although I was in enemy colors, I had a great reception from the fans. I’m looking forward to that again.

It won’t be much longer until I’m back in Atlanta for a few months during the offseason. I’ll check back in with you guys soon and fill you in on my plans for the break!

Jeff Francoeur
New York Mets

Do you remember the original name of our SkyMiles loyalty program? We called it our Frequent Flyer program when we introduced it in 1981 for our “frequent business travelers.”

In 1981, we flew to 81 cities in just 7 countries–including the U.S.  Initially, travel awards could only be used on our routes within the continental U.S. and the Caribbean. The next year, we added the rest of our international cities (all 3 of them!): London, Frankfurt and Montreal.

Alamo Rent A Car and Avis were our first car rental partners in 1982, offering the first opportunity to earn Delta flight award miles other than flying.

In 1984, we expanded the Frequent Flyer program to  include our Delta Connection customers.

Today, as Delta and Northwest Airlines merge into one airline serving 6 continents, we’ve combined the best of our loyal flyers programs—Delta SkyMiles and Northwest WorldPerks® programs—and created the world’s largest -in-class elite loyalty program.  Check out the new enhanced program for 2010.

Happy flying!

Marie Force

Archives Manager