Flybe / September 2018

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SEPTEMBER 2018 / Flight Time / 107
Destinations
MANCHESTER
After his sell-out tour of Something Dark in 2017, poet and writer Lemn Sissay returns to
HOME on 25th October to read poems from his latest collection, Gold from the Stone.
He was 17 when he wrote his first poetry book, which he hand-sold to the miners and
millworkers of Wigan. Since then his poems have become landmarks, sculpted in granite and
built from concrete, recorded on era-defining albums and declaimed in over 30 countries. He
has performed at the FA Cup Final, was the poet of the London Olympics, and is often onour
TV screens and BBC Radio. He has become one of the nation’s best-loved voices.
Sissay was in care as a baby and between the ages of 12 and 18, and he now helps young
people who have been through the care system, including organising Christmas lunches
around the country for anyone on their own. This year he has also worked on a theatre
project with young people in the care of Coventry City Council.
MUN I CH
Did you know you can surf in th
centre of the city? The waves on
the Eisbach river at the entrance to
the Englischer Garten (English Garden)
attract surfers and onlookers from around
the world. It’s the largest, best and most
consistent city-centre location for river
surfing, and people have been surfing
here for 40 years. The man-made Eisbach
emerges from underground just a few
steps away from the Haus der Kunst art
gallery on Prinzregentenstrasse. A stone
step at the outlet generates a standing
wave about half a metre tall. International
stars of the surfing scene, like Jack
Johnson and Garret McNamara, have
been spotted riding the waves.
NANTES
A nature retreat in the centre of
Paris, a botanical garden at the
cutting edge of research, and a living
testimony to history, as well as a relaxing
haven on a summer’s day, the Jardin
des Plantes is one of France’s top four
botanical gardens. It’s home to more than
10,000 species, and in excess of 5,000
flowers are planted each season. Marvel
at the camellia collection, with its 500
varieties, the 200-year-old magnolia, the
35-metre American tulip tree – tulip-tree
wood was used to build the Machines
de L’ile elephant – and don’t miss the
carnivorous plants.
MI LAN MALPENSA
The original Pizzeria Spontini on Via
Gaspare Spontini has been serving
up plates of delicious, thick-based
pizza with oozing melted cheese cooked
in a wood-burning oven since 1953. The
recipe has remained unchanged for
30 years and they serve just three types
of pizza: Margherita, Prosciutto and
Mediterranean, as well as lasagna. Now
they have branches across Milan, and
even as far afield as Tokyo. The perfect
fuel for all that sightseeing.
NEWCASTLE
The Russian State Opera is back to
delight with an exquisite production
of Madama Butterfly, with its beautiful
set, and costumes which intensify the
emotion in a heart-breaking story. No
opera can match the tragedy of Puccini’s
Madama Butterfly. The production, at
Tyne Theatre & Opera House on 3rd
October, features an impressive cast and
a live orchestra with over 30 musicians.
F L I G H T D E TA I L S
Flybe has flights to Manchester from Aberdeen, Amsterdam, Belfast City, Chambéry
(winter only), Düsseldorf, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Hannover, Innsbruck (winter only),
Isle of Man, Jersey, Knock, La Rochelle (until 5th September), Luxembourg, Lyon, Milan,
Nantes, Newquay, Paris CDG (may be operated by Air France), Rennes, Southampton and
Toulouse. Flybe’s franchise partner Stobart Air has flights to Manchester from London
Southend.
F L I G H T D E TA I L S
Flybe has flights to Munich from Cardiff.
F L I G H T D E TA I L S
Flybe has flights to Nantes from
Birmingham, Manchester and
Southampton.
F L I G H T D E TA I L S
Flybe has flights to Milan Malpensa
from Birmingham, Cardiff and
Manchester. Flybe’s franchise partner
Stobart Air has flights to Milan
Malpensa from London Southend.
F L I G H T D E TA I L S
Flybe has flights to Newcastle from
Exeter, Newquay and Southampton.
Flybe has flights to Newcastle from Paris
CDG, operated by Air France. Flybe’s
franchise partner Eastern Airways has
flights to Newcastle from Aberdeen,
Cardiff and Isle of Man.