In the early morning, even with ear plugs in, I could hear some really loud, annoying people upstairs. We'd been warned that the furniture would be moved at about 6am, and we woke up about then anyway. We got some breakfast, and I tried to investigate the shower, but there was a woman hanging around in the shower room, and I wasn't sure whether she worked there. I didn't really need one anyway. I just needed sleep.We chatted to an English/Australian couple who'd come in that morning, and then it was time for us to head off. Christian wanted to walk anyway.
We wandered around the airport, finding luxury cars as raffle prizes, the wrong kind of gin to buy for Dad and Jill, and the amazing dome in the main shopping area. We moved on to the gate, and waited for it to open. This leg (the long leg) was being operated by Virgin Australia. I went to find a desk that would let me change my meal preference, but failed. When it was time to board, we went through another round of security, and I had my water bottle confiscated, which didn't make me happy. That was forgotten, though, when I got to the desk (Christian was well behind me in the queue) and the woman told me that I'd been upgraded to premium economy. I checked that Christian was too, and went through to wait for boarding.
On the plane, we found our lovely, roomy seats, which were in the central four, and we were brought sparkling wine and our menus. Very luxurious. I checked with our cabin crew lady that I didn't have to have the low-fat meal, and she said no, and I also asked whether we could move along if no one took the two seats on the other side of me. She said that was fine, but to do it sooner rather than later. No else took those seats, and so there were quite a few spare in the premium economy section.
We had to order our meals in advance, because there were at least three choices, and the food was very good. When it came time to sleep, I stretched out on three seats, and found reasonably comfortable positions and got quite a lot of sleep. Luckily, because my feet were up, my ankles didn't swell. This is a Good Thing. We were woken up with breakfast before landing.
We wandered around the airport, finding luxury cars as raffle prizes, the wrong kind of gin to buy for Dad and Jill, and the amazing dome in the main shopping area. We moved on to the gate, and waited for it to open. This leg (the long leg) was being operated by Virgin Australia. I went to find a desk that would let me change my meal preference, but failed. When it was time to board, we went through another round of security, and I had my water bottle confiscated, which didn't make me happy. That was forgotten, though, when I got to the desk (Christian was well behind me in the queue) and the woman told me that I'd been upgraded to premium economy. I checked that Christian was too, and went through to wait for boarding.
On the plane, we found our lovely, roomy seats, which were in the central four, and we were brought sparkling wine and our menus. Very luxurious. I checked with our cabin crew lady that I didn't have to have the low-fat meal, and she said no, and I also asked whether we could move along if no one took the two seats on the other side of me. She said that was fine, but to do it sooner rather than later. No else took those seats, and so there were quite a few spare in the premium economy section.
We had to order our meals in advance, because there were at least three choices, and the food was very good. When it came time to sleep, I stretched out on three seats, and found reasonably comfortable positions and got quite a lot of sleep. Luckily, because my feet were up, my ankles didn't swell. This is a Good Thing. We were woken up with breakfast before landing.
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