Some of my best experiences while traveling have been: 1. when I was allowed to enter the cockpit of a plane. We had taken off from Geneva in Switzerland and flown to Manchester in the UK. As I was about to get off the plane, the pilot offered me to enter the cockpit and sit in the pilot's seat. I was thrilled (-: (-: (-: What impressed me the most was the number of buttons there were!!! 2. when I met a parrot called Barney. I was on a teacher training course in Norwich (UK) during the summer, and as I was walking in the direction of the cathedral, I came across a young woman with a pet parrot sitting on the palm of her hand. What an unlikely scene this was!!! I immediately approached the young woman, as I was curious to know more about her pet and her relationship with him.