Trip Back
29/03
Today was a long one, since it's now 31/03 and I haven't had a proper nights sleep inbetween
Friday I took a short trip to Stratford, mainly to check my Oyster card and to get something to eat.
I booked a black cab and it arrived a few minutes early. The journey was going very well until we got close to King's Cross, where there was a lane or two out of action. It cost £55, which is roughly what I thought it would.
I got on a rather full Heathrow Express and made my way to Terminal 3. The check in's for EVA were already open when I got there, but I wasn't able to secure emergency exit sits between Taipei and Brisbane.
The flight out was delayed by the late arrival of the inbound flight.
30/03
The flight to Bangkok went rather smoothly, although I got less sleep than I hoped. Again the flight from there was delayed, due to our late arrival. On this leg, I will try to stay awake.
Didn't feel that good by the time I got to Taipei and didn't really have any time to think about getting something to eat or drink, as my next flight was already boarding. This is the leg that I wished I had gone business class.
31/03
It was a struggle to get any sleep, my knee was bumped into several times as the only comfortable position I could find might bending my legs. After all that, I think there was a spare emergency seat after all!
Thankfully Sox and Doug were there to meet me at Brisbane and the hotel had a room available as soon as I booked in. I've taken my time refreshing and now feel ready to face Brisbane for a while and to find something to eat.
I wander around the mall in central Brisbane and had the best tasting kabab that I have ever had (although that might have had something to do with how hungry I was). I went around a few shops and found that HMV had a copy of the first series of Rosemary & Thyme.
Resting back at the hotel room and had a shower before Sox & Doug came to pick me up for dinner. Had a nice mexican meal and I came back to the hotel afterwards, too tied to do much else.
01/04
Woke up at 6am and pottered around before going down for breakfast, where I ate far too much. Checked out and took the train to the airport.
Looking forward to getting back to Melbourne.
Today was a long one, since it's now 31/03 and I haven't had a proper nights sleep inbetween
Friday I took a short trip to Stratford, mainly to check my Oyster card and to get something to eat.
I booked a black cab and it arrived a few minutes early. The journey was going very well until we got close to King's Cross, where there was a lane or two out of action. It cost £55, which is roughly what I thought it would.
I got on a rather full Heathrow Express and made my way to Terminal 3. The check in's for EVA were already open when I got there, but I wasn't able to secure emergency exit sits between Taipei and Brisbane.
The flight out was delayed by the late arrival of the inbound flight.
30/03
The flight to Bangkok went rather smoothly, although I got less sleep than I hoped. Again the flight from there was delayed, due to our late arrival. On this leg, I will try to stay awake.
Didn't feel that good by the time I got to Taipei and didn't really have any time to think about getting something to eat or drink, as my next flight was already boarding. This is the leg that I wished I had gone business class.
31/03
It was a struggle to get any sleep, my knee was bumped into several times as the only comfortable position I could find might bending my legs. After all that, I think there was a spare emergency seat after all!
Thankfully Sox and Doug were there to meet me at Brisbane and the hotel had a room available as soon as I booked in. I've taken my time refreshing and now feel ready to face Brisbane for a while and to find something to eat.
I wander around the mall in central Brisbane and had the best tasting kabab that I have ever had (although that might have had something to do with how hungry I was). I went around a few shops and found that HMV had a copy of the first series of Rosemary & Thyme.
Resting back at the hotel room and had a shower before Sox & Doug came to pick me up for dinner. Had a nice mexican meal and I came back to the hotel afterwards, too tied to do much else.
01/04
Woke up at 6am and pottered around before going down for breakfast, where I ate far too much. Checked out and took the train to the airport.
Looking forward to getting back to Melbourne.