{"id":8305,"date":"2011-12-04T09:00:37","date_gmt":"2011-12-04T07:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reiseblog.mb2812.de\/?p=8305"},"modified":"2025-07-02T12:03:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T10:03:58","slug":"anreise-duesseldorf-london-houston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mb2812.de\/?p=8305","title":{"rendered":"Anreise D\u00fcsseldorf \u2013 London &#8211; Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Den Tag will ich einigermassen schnell beschreiben. Mit D\u00fcsseldorf war der Startort recht &#8222;heimatnah&#8220;, wir erreichten den Flughafen mit unserem PKW. British Airways geh\u00f6rte nicht zu meinen Lieblings-Airlines, hat diesmal jedoch einen positiven Eindruck hinterlassen, auch auf der Kurzstrecke (aber da ich den Text 2021 schreibe, kann ich hinzuf\u00fcgen: 2018 hat man diesen Eindruck wieder zunichte gemacht). Der Transatlantikflug war recht sp\u00e4t, dies und der Zielort Houston f\u00fchrten dazu, dass es einen fast endlosen Sonnenuntergang gab. Das Umsteigen im neuen Terminal 5 in Heathrow war wie erwartet angenehm, und die Premium Economy in der 747 fand ich ebenfalls recht gut, ausreichender Platz und sogar gutes Essen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Damit dann einige Fotos:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reiseblog.mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-160538.jpg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-160538.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8306\" style=\"width:600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-160538.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-160538-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-160538-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-160538-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-160538-668x835.jpg 668w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Es geht los, und zwar mit dem \u00fcblichen Warten: Ich in D\u00fcsseldorf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reiseblog.mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-162612.jpg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-162612.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8307\" style=\"width:800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-162612.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-162612-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-162612-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-162612-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-162612-668x534.jpg 668w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Der Abschied f\u00e4llt nicht schwer &#8211; es regnet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reiseblog.mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-175036.jpg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-175036.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8308\" style=\"width:800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-175036.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-175036-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-175036-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-175036-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-175036-668x534.jpg 668w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Warteschleifen beim Anflug sind in London immer noch \u00fcblich. Blick auf die Themsem\u00fcndung<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reiseblog.mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-180515.jpg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-180515.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8309\" style=\"width:800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-180515.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-180515-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-180515-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-180515-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-180515-668x534.jpg 668w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Und da sind wir in Heathrow Terminal 5. Es weihnachtet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reiseblog.mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-182244.jpg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-182244.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8310\" style=\"width:800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-182244.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-182244-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-182244-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-182244-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-182244-668x534.jpg 668w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Viel Glas erlaubt gute Blicke auf das Vorfeld<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reiseblog.mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-191946.jpg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-191946.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8311\" style=\"width:800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-191946.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-191946-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-191946-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-191946-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-191946-668x534.jpg 668w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Direkt vor einer 747<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reiseblog.mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-200221.jpg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-200221.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8312\" style=\"width:800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-200221.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-200221-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-200221-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-200221-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-200221-668x534.jpg 668w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Und dann sind wir in der Premium Economy Kabine. Stephan sitzt am Fenster. Das die Flieger von BA schon einige Jahre auf dem Buckel haben, merkt man deutlich<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reiseblog.mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-230231.jpg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-230231.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8313\" style=\"width:800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-230231.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-230231-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-230231-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-230231-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1204-230231-668x534.jpg 668w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Unterwegs in den endlosen Sonnenuntergang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reiseblog.mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1205-014550.jpg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1205-014550.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8314\" style=\"width:600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1205-014550.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1205-014550-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1205-014550-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1205-014550-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1205-014550-668x835.jpg 668w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Irgendwo \u00fcber der Hudson Bay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Wir waren so ziemlich der letzte internationale Flug, der in Houston ankam, entsprechend war der Andrang an der Immigration eher gering, dies hielt einige (vorwiegend) Gesch\u00e4ftsleute jedoch nicht vom Hetzen und Dr\u00e4ngeln ab. Mit dem Bus ging es anschlie\u00dfend zur Autovermietung (AVIS) und dann waren es nur rund f\u00fcnf Minuten Fahrzeit zu unserem Hotel, dem La Quinta in der N\u00e4he des Flughafens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Auch das Abendessen hatte ich schon vorher in Google Maps ausgekundschaftet, wir wollten da nach dem langen Tag nicht mehr viel Zeit mit Suchen und Fahren verbringen, neben unserem Hotel lag ein Hilton Garden Inn mit Restaurant, da sind wir zu Fuss hin. Das Essen war ok, der Service etwas lahm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Und damit ist der Tag dann endlich rum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unser Hotelzimmer (Aufnahmen am n\u00e4chsten Morgen bzw. Nachmittag):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reiseblog.mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1205-165401.jpg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1205-165401.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8316\" style=\"width:800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1205-165401.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1205-165401-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1205-165401-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1205-165401-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1205-165401-668x534.jpg 668w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Zimmer Richtung T\u00fcr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reiseblog.mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1205-165441.jpg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1205-165441.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8317\" style=\"width:800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1205-165441.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1205-165441-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1205-165441-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1205-165441-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1205-165441-668x534.jpg 668w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Zimmer Richtung Fenster<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reiseblog.mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1205-090405.jpg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1205-090405.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8315\" style=\"width:800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1205-090405.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1205-090405-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1205-090405-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1205-090405-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mb2812.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA11-1205-090405-668x534.jpg 668w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Blick aus dem Fenster auf den Poolbereich<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hotel: La Quinta Inn &amp; Suiten Houston Airport South (2 N\u00e4chte)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>gefahren: 4 Meilen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wir flogen diesmal mit British Airways ab D\u00fcsseldorf \u00fcber London nach Houston, wo wir sp\u00e4t Abend ankamen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8311,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[365,156,532,531,104,366],"class_list":["post-8305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usa-sueden-2011","tag-365","tag-flug","tag-houston","tag-texas","tag-usa","tag-usa-south"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mb2812.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mb2812.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mb2812.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mb2812.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mb2812.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8305"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/mb2812.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17758,"href":"https:\/\/mb2812.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8305\/revisions\/17758"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mb2812.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mb2812.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mb2812.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mb2812.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}