Everything we do started someplace and time. This week's theme, first times.
- How old were you when you got your first passport?
- In what place did you first clear Customs and Immigration or border control?
- What was the first airport you boarded an airline flight at?
- Where was the first place you went over 100 miles per hour in a car?
- Where was the first place you saw a live concert?
My answers:
- How old were you when you got your first passport? 32
- In what place did you first clear Customs and Immigration or border control? Sarnia, Ontario - as a kid when it was simple - very few questions asked and no ID needed (good thing my grandmother was undocumented at the time.)
- What was the first airport you boarded an airline flight at? Detroit, DTW the old terminal - Eastern Airlines.
- Where was the first place you went over 100 miles per hour in a car? M-90 in North Branch Michigan in a 1965 Plymouth with my oldest brother driving - he could really drive .
- Where was the first place you saw a live concert? Jacksonville Florida, KISS.
Your answers in the comments!
1. 23
ReplyDelete2. Darwin, Northern Territory of Australia
3. Brisbane. At the age of 18, all by myself, on my way to Darwin to commence my nursing career. Those were the days when all nursing training in Australia was hospital based. The training in Darwin was provided by the Federal government which somehow meant I flew first class!
4. Yet to happen...
5. Brisbane. Simon and Garfunkel. Loved them - still do.
What would be nice is if I could remember any of this.
ReplyDeleteHow old were you when you got your first passport? 18
ReplyDeleteIn what place did you first clear Customs and Immigration or border control? London
What was the first airport you boarded an airline flight at? Rochester International (because they had flights to Canada, which was an hour away by car) New York.
Where was the first place you went over 100 miles per hour in a car? Southern Italy. I wasn’t driving.
Where was the first place you saw a live concert? I think the Brooklyn Museum. A performance of Peter and the Wolf. Phenomenal.
How old were you when you got your first passport? - 15
ReplyDeleteIn what place did you first clear Customs and Immigration or border control? - geneva switzerland
What was the first airport you boarded an airline flight at? - JFK NYC
Where was the first place you went over 100 miles per hour in a car? - not happened yet
Where was the first place you saw a live concert? - philly spectrum, john denver, 1973
How old were you when you got your first passport? 20
ReplyDeleteIn what place did you first clear Customs and Immigration or border control? Amsterdam
What was the first airport you boarded an airline flight at? Indianapolis
Where was the first place you went over 100 miles per hour in a car? Probably the autobahn
Where was the first place you saw a live concert? Anderson High School auditorium, Three Dog Night
17 for a High School trip overseas
ReplyDeleteAmsterdam
JFK in New York
Montana, on a long straight street has of roadway and I also have a picture of the speedometer for proof
Atlantic City Steel Pier ( old original one) and it was Paul Reevere and the Raiders ( hey, I am 63!)
1. Sixteen
ReplyDelete2. Canada
3. L.A. International
4. I never went over 100 mph in a car, but I came close somewhere in
Arizona.
5. Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. I saw a performance of the San
Francisco Opera (Rossini).
1. First passport- 53
ReplyDelete2. Tijuana
3. Lindburgh Field, San Diego honeymoon trip to Disneyland. Hey, we were nineteen, okay?
4. Somewhere in the desert in whatever state Las Vegas is in. I'm geographically challenged. We were in a brand new 1979 Chevy Impala station wagon, of all things.
5. Somewhere in San Diego. High school field trip to see and hear a classical orchestra. The Prehistoric Philharmonic or some such. Mozart I think and I believe Beethoven also.
How old were you when you got your first passport? 1986 I think it was -going to Germany. I was 23 or so.
ReplyDeleteIn what place did you first clear Customs and Immigration or border control? as a tot, on one of the many family treks to Ontario.
What was the first airport you boarded an airline flight at? DTW
Where was the first place you went over 100 miles per hour in a car? I don't believe I ever have.
Where was the first place you saw a live concert? Symphony? perhaps 6yo