{"id":84076,"date":"2016-10-10T13:46:20","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T11:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thehappyjetlagger.com\/charlotte-north-carolina\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T12:57:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T10:57:11","slug":"charlotte-north-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neu.thehappyjetlagger.com\/en\/charlotte-north-carolina\/","title":{"rendered":"City trip to Charlotte, North Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In aviation, things always turn out differently than you think. Everything is in upheaval, everything is changing, our aviation world is upside down. And so now I&#8217;m flying around the world for a few months on the <strong>long haul<\/strong> &#8211; just like that. With all the trimmings that go with a new flight attendant job: the excitement before the first flight, the wobbly knees, the wondering eyes and a big bellyache from sheer nervousness. And I feel 21 again, like when it all began. Off to Charlotte, off to a little city break in North Carolina, on the east coast of the USA.       <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehappyjetlagger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/stairs-to-aircraft.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1765\" class=\"wp-image-3107\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehappyjetlagger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/tail-airbus-330.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1767\" class=\"wp-image-3109\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3111 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thehappyjetlagger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/approach-charlotte-clt.jpg\" alt=\"Approach Charlotte CLT\" width=\"1200\" height=\"552\"\/><\/h2>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Charlotte: Where is that?<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Actually, I was grateful that the first flight was to <strong>Charlotte<\/strong>. Because it&#8217;s not as spectacular as New York or Chicago. (Charlotte, by the way, is in North Carolina\/USA and is home to the headquarters of Bank of America. Aha. Learned something again). I was already excited enough.   <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/thehappyjetlagger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/charlotte-nc-by-night.jpg\" alt=\"Charlotte, NC, by night\" class=\"wp-image-1758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neu.thehappyjetlagger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/charlotte-nc-by-night.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/neu.thehappyjetlagger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/charlotte-nc-by-night-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/neu.thehappyjetlagger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/charlotte-nc-by-night-770x578.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unfortunately, small foothills of Hurricane <strong>Matthew<\/strong> raged through the city, and so the atmosphere was: special.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/thehappyjetlagger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/victorian-quarter-in-charlotte-north-carolina-usa.jpg\" alt=\"Victorian quarter in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA\" class=\"wp-image-1768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neu.thehappyjetlagger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/victorian-quarter-in-charlotte-north-carolina-usa.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/neu.thehappyjetlagger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/victorian-quarter-in-charlotte-north-carolina-usa-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/neu.thehappyjetlagger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/victorian-quarter-in-charlotte-north-carolina-usa-770x578.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehappyjetlagger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/streets-of-charlotte-before-matthew.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1759\" class=\"wp-image-3101\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehappyjetlagger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Skyscapers_clouds.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1764\" class=\"wp-image-3106\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehappyjetlagger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/street-in-charlotte-during-hurricane-matthew.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1766\" class=\"wp-image-3108\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehappyjetlagger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/mint-museum-charlotte-north-carolina-usa.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1762\" class=\"wp-image-3104\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehappyjetlagger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/bank-of-america-charlotte-nc.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1755\" class=\"wp-image-3097\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehappyjetlagger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/yummy-burger-with-french-fries.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1757\" class=\"wp-image-3099\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehappyjetlagger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/bechtle-museum-of-modern-art-charlotte-nc-usa.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1756\" class=\"wp-image-3098\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What else to do in and around Charlotte<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are a few ideas for a trip to Charlotte, in case you have better luck with the weather than I did!<\/p>\n\n<div data-gyg-href=\"https:\/\/widget.getyourguide.com\/default\/activities.frame\" data-gyg-location-id=\"492\" data-gyg-locale-code=\"de-DE\" data-gyg-widget=\"activities\" data-gyg-number-of-items=\"3\" data-gyg-cmp=\"charlotte\" data-gyg-partner-id=\"UBRQ9KE\" data-gyg-placement=\"other\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where is Charlotte actually located? And what can be done about it? The first long-haul flight.    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3111,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2424,488],"tags":[4203,4199],"class_list":["post-84076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-city-guides","category-united-states","tag-city-trips-north-america","tag-city-trips-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neu.thehappyjetlagger.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neu.thehappyjetlagger.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neu.thehappyjetlagger.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neu.thehappyjetlagger.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neu.thehappyjetlagger.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/neu.thehappyjetlagger.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neu.thehappyjetlagger.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neu.thehappyjetlagger.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neu.thehappyjetlagger.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neu.thehappyjetlagger.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}