Our flight was at 1.50, and Christian had managed to check in online but I hadn't (yay stress), so after the final packing, we left home at about 10am. We drove, in a newly fixed and reliable car, to Rackspace, and after negotiating to have the witches hats removed from the car park entrance, parked on the top floor, away from enthusiastic painters.
The taxi, a mafia-style Mercedes with blacked-out windows, arrived in good time, and took us to Heathrow, dropping us at terminal 4. We went to check me in and leave our bags, and the woman printed my boarding passes, noticing that the e-ticket number was missing. So we had to go to the service desk, escorted by a friendly man, to sort that out. It took ages, but it was finally sorted out, and we went through security.
On the other side, we sat in a cafe and had a late breakfast (Christian had to go elsewhere for coffee) and then had a quick wander looking for Australian power adapters (unsuccessfully). Then we took a photo with the GoPro, got water and chocolate, and then wandered to the gate. We took our seats for the short leg, and played games, watched our progress, and played on laptop. In my wisdom, I'd decided to opt for low-fat meals on the website, and I discovered that meant I was brought my own meal well in advance of everyone else's, and that those meals were significantly less interesting and tasty than the other options. The first meal was plain white fish and rice (which were surprisingly tasty to be fair), and then a small baguette instead of a cooked meal. This wasn't what I was expecting, and I think I stole some of Christian's dessert.
At Abu Dhabi, we disembarked at about midnight, and walked through the airport looking for the Al Reem Lounge, which we'd booked for four hours in advance. The woman at the desk booked us in for the remaining time we'd be spending at the airport (which we paid for in UAE dollars, despite the quoted amount being in US dollars - bizarre), and went inside. We went past lounge chairs and tables, a bar, and an impressive array of hot food, and went downstairs where there were spare sofa chairs and took up residence.
I went upstairs to investigate what was included in our lounge pass, discovering that we had unlimited food and drink, and wifi. I proudly carried this information to Christian, with some orange juice, only to find he'd already worked out the wifi. We moved to some chairs with a table, and I went up to get some food. After eating it, we tried to get some sleep. Conditions weren't that conducive, and I spent much of the time being cold, but without the energy to put my jumper on properly, but I did get some sleep.
The taxi, a mafia-style Mercedes with blacked-out windows, arrived in good time, and took us to Heathrow, dropping us at terminal 4. We went to check me in and leave our bags, and the woman printed my boarding passes, noticing that the e-ticket number was missing. So we had to go to the service desk, escorted by a friendly man, to sort that out. It took ages, but it was finally sorted out, and we went through security.
On the other side, we sat in a cafe and had a late breakfast (Christian had to go elsewhere for coffee) and then had a quick wander looking for Australian power adapters (unsuccessfully). Then we took a photo with the GoPro, got water and chocolate, and then wandered to the gate. We took our seats for the short leg, and played games, watched our progress, and played on laptop. In my wisdom, I'd decided to opt for low-fat meals on the website, and I discovered that meant I was brought my own meal well in advance of everyone else's, and that those meals were significantly less interesting and tasty than the other options. The first meal was plain white fish and rice (which were surprisingly tasty to be fair), and then a small baguette instead of a cooked meal. This wasn't what I was expecting, and I think I stole some of Christian's dessert.
At Abu Dhabi, we disembarked at about midnight, and walked through the airport looking for the Al Reem Lounge, which we'd booked for four hours in advance. The woman at the desk booked us in for the remaining time we'd be spending at the airport (which we paid for in UAE dollars, despite the quoted amount being in US dollars - bizarre), and went inside. We went past lounge chairs and tables, a bar, and an impressive array of hot food, and went downstairs where there were spare sofa chairs and took up residence.
I went upstairs to investigate what was included in our lounge pass, discovering that we had unlimited food and drink, and wifi. I proudly carried this information to Christian, with some orange juice, only to find he'd already worked out the wifi. We moved to some chairs with a table, and I went up to get some food. After eating it, we tried to get some sleep. Conditions weren't that conducive, and I spent much of the time being cold, but without the energy to put my jumper on properly, but I did get some sleep.
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