Francesca Street - Writer and digital producer, CNN Travel
Francesca Street
Writer and digital producer, CNN Travel
Francesca Street is an award-winning, London-based digital journalist at CNN Travel.
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Concorde’s last flight: Is this the greatest aviation photograph of all time?
Nov 26, 2023
In 2003, Lewis Whyld took an instantly classic photograph of the Concorde on its last flight, soaring over the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, United Kingdom.
A British guy crashed her Thanksgiving dinner. They’ve been married for 20 years
Nov 23, 2023
When British vacationer Richard Steggall turned up uninvited to Dina Honour’s New York Thanksgiving party, the two bonded over a slice of pumpkin pie, kickstarting a transatlantic romance that’s still going strong over two decades later
Heart-shaped beds and champagne hot tubs: Inside America’s adults-only hotels
Nov 17, 2023
Married photographers Margaret and Corey Bienert travel around the US visiting kitsch, adults-only hotels, testing out heart shaped beds and champagne-glass tubs.
As a kid she posed with her pilot dad in the cockpit. Years later they recreated the photo, with a twist
Nov 15, 2023
As a child, Jasmijn van Waalwijk van Doorn posed on a flight deck with her pilot father, Jorrit. Years later, Jasmijn became a pilot and they recreated the photo.
An aviation-loving kid posed by an airplane in 1999. Over 20 years later, she recreated the photo
Nov 15, 2023
As a kid in the 1990s, Gloria Fila was snapped in front of an Airbus A340 jet. Over 20 years later, she recreated the photo as a newly qualified flight attendant.
A kid posed with his pilot dad in an airplane. Almost 30 years later they recreated the photo
Nov 15, 2023
Southwest Captain Ruben Flowers recently flew his retirement flight with his son, First Officer Ruben Flowers, by his side. The two recreated a 1994 photo of the two of them in the cockpit in the process
Damage to ancient Hadrian’s Wall confirmed after famous UK tree ‘deliberately felled’
Nov 08, 2023
The Sycamore Gap tree in northern England was cut down in a suspected act of vandalism in September. Now it’s been confirmed that part of historic Hadrian’s Wall where the felling took place has been damaged.
Guy Fawkes Night: What those fireworks and bonfires are all about
Nov 05, 2023
Every year on November 5, skies across England, Scotland and Wales are illuminated by fireworks as Brits head out into the night to enjoy Guy Fawkes Night celebrations.
She was a Pan Am flight attendant, he was a pilot. Their inflight meeting sparked a 50-year romance
Nov 04, 2023
Pan American World Airways flight attendant Ilona Zahn was less than impressed the first time she met pilot Ian Duncan in 1970. But after a rocky start, the two commenced an international love affair that turned into a romance spanning 50 years.
Design revealed for space toilet with a view
Oct 31, 2023
A restroom with an out-of-this-world view could be the surprise highlight for travelers adventuring with space tourism start-up Space Perspective.
Two strangers moved into an apartment in Prague. Then they fell in love
Oct 26, 2023
American twenty-something Mandy Sanchez moved to Prague and moved in with Finnish medical student Marcus Wecksten. Then an instant attraction turned into a love story neither of them expected.
Grandmother and granddaughter flight attendant duo hit the skies
Oct 17, 2023
Hannah Heck grew up watching her flight attendant grandmother Cynthia travel the world. Now, Hannah’s followed in Cynthia’s footsteps and the two women fly together for Southwest Airlines.
She went on a bachelorette party abroad and met her future husband
Oct 08, 2023
Canadian Madeline Robson couldn’t believe it when she found herself enjoying her own love story while attending a friend’s bacherolette weekend. But Madeline’s encounter with Sebastian Memet, from Sweden, soon turned into a transatlantic, long distance relationship.
They fell in love and lost each other in South America. Then a note stuck on a door brought them back together
Sep 30, 2023
Tracy Ferrell and Tim Zych had an unforgettable first date in Ecuador in 1996, but their plans to meet again went awry. Here’s how they tracked each other down and ended up married for 26 years and counting.
About
Francesca Street is a London-based digital journalist at CNN Travel. She interviews travelers from across the world, including for CNN’s Chance Encounters series, and explores news impacting travelers. In recognition of her work for CNN, Francesca was awarded an MHP 30 under 30 Young Journalists Gold Award and won the Breaking Travel News award at the Travel Media Awards in 2019 and 2020.