Fascinating account of such an interesting trip. When in the 1990's I had many meetings with Boeing and the FAA at Seattle for the European approval of the Triple Seven, I once had to stay over for the weekend. When asked, I told the folks at FAA, that I planned to drive down to San Francisco on Saturday morning and be back in time for the Monday meeting. Tears of laughter streamed down their cheeks for this naive European, who thought the US could be crossed in a matter of hours.
Anyway, in the last picture, do I see there hanging from the ceiling a model of the Fokker F-VIIA, perhaps the H-NACT? If so, how does a Dutch model get so far away?
Have a good trip!