{"id":379,"date":"2014-04-13T04:12:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-13T04:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/2014\/04\/wren-loves-to-fly-to-england-and-new-york.html\/"},"modified":"2019-03-25T01:13:16","modified_gmt":"2019-03-24T18:13:16","slug":"wren-loves-to-fly-to-england-and-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/2014\/04\/13\/wren-loves-to-fly-to-england-and-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Wren loves to fly&#8230;to England and New York!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Flying is in my blood&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I am at my happiest with my suitcase packed\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">and my passports at the ready&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-9tuqOm771DU\/U0kgoBRey9I\/AAAAAAAACLI\/aeUcxvo8-lk\/s1600\/BM1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-9tuqOm771DU\/U0kgoBRey9I\/AAAAAAAACLI\/aeUcxvo8-lk\/s1600\/BM1.jpg?resize=640%2C606\" width=\"640\" height=\"606\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Sunrise on the way to England in March<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0Talk about a crazy few weeks,\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-align: left;\">I was home with hardly enough time to work out which way is up&#8230;\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-align: left;\">before I&#8217;m off crossing the international date line.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-align: left;\">Hey, the good thing is that if you keep going long enough,\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-align: left;\">you find extra days in your life and\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-align: left;\">there is no time for jetlag!<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"min-height: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><b><\/b><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Firstly there was my Royal Brunei flight\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">from Melbourne Australia to London Heathrow&#8230;<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<table style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-BGtymJtN_QE\/U0koCqq2WHI\/AAAAAAAACMA\/Go3S3t_UZCU\/s1600\/leaving%2BAustralia.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-BGtymJtN_QE\/U0koCqq2WHI\/AAAAAAAACMA\/Go3S3t_UZCU\/s1600\/leaving%2BAustralia.jpg?resize=640%2C478\" width=\"640\" height=\"478\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Leaving Australia takes hours &#8211; sorry for the blurred photo!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Ok confession time. In the spirit of being open and transparent, I need to declare that I embarked here on a new adventure. I did ponder whether I should share this with you, for fear of being labelled a right spoilt brat, princess or even Little Wandering Wowser\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"min-height: 13px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Deep breath here goes.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"min-height: 13px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #893352; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Twenty-eight hours travelling time and counting down\u2026<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #893352; min-height: 13px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><b><\/b><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I was\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;\">flying<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\">e<\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">conomy<\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\">\u00a0from Australia to Europe.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">There we are. I\u2019ve said it.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">And you\u2019re not thinking \u2018poor love\u2019\u2026 Are you?\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\">You\u2019re thinking<\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">\u2018Welcome to the real world, Wren\u2026\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I can tell.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"min-height: 13px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">With two transit stops in Bandar Seri Begawan and Dubai, that&#8217;s one massive <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">reality check<\/span>\u00a0long flight.\u00a0I was excited to be back in the land of chilly days, spring showers and snowdrops. It was a whistle stop visit last month to catch up with our family in England, and to wave daughter number one off to\u00a0 Africa.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-khW4H4ycXhk\/U0klr_b_jmI\/AAAAAAAACL0\/UqAg-6dyuHs\/s1600\/Royal%2BBrunei.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-khW4H4ycXhk\/U0klr_b_jmI\/AAAAAAAACL0\/UqAg-6dyuHs\/s1600\/Royal%2BBrunei.jpg?resize=470%2C640\" width=\"470\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">All smiles on our Royal Brunei flight from Dubai to London Heathrow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I\u2019ve had a marvellous and lucky life. We left the UK more than twenty years ago, and I\u2019ve now lived in Australia over ten years. I\u2019ve either returned back to Europe with stop overs at exotic destinations en-route, or I was on \u2018Home Leave\u2019 sitting up the front, courtesy of a company paid airline ticket.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"min-height: 13px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I come from a family of aviators. The previous generations of men in our family are pilots, happiest in a cockpit flying the plane, whether it is a Spitfire, VC10 or jumbo jet. In fact I seem to remember that our Captains are not that enthusiastic about sitting down the back either, they prefer to be in control!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"min-height: 13px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Flying is in the blood<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">\u2026a dislike of being down the back, is genetically programmed into me!\u00a0<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<table style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-AMNHxApBbUI\/U0ko4UruQqI\/AAAAAAAACMI\/dj9TpmNK5TE\/s1600\/Flying1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-AMNHxApBbUI\/U0ko4UruQqI\/AAAAAAAACMI\/dj9TpmNK5TE\/s1600\/Flying1.jpg?resize=288%2C400\" width=\"288\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Sorry no entry!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I\u2019ve had a taste of the good life; the express check-in, lovely lounges, priority boarding, cocktails on take-off, celebrity chef meals on board, spa vanity packs\u2026 and I can tell you, it\u2019s a sweet taste and hard to give up.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"min-height: 13px; text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Hey, don\u2019t get me wrong. I don\u2019t want you to think that I was born with an silver airline spoon in my mouth. I have regularly flown budget! It\u2019s not all been champagne and \u2018may I help you with your luggage\u2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I\u2019ve flown Ryan (\u201c<i>You can\u2019t have hand luggage and a handbag<\/i>\u2019) Air and Aeroflot and who could ever forget Garuda, or more recently China Southern, Jet (I will never, ever, ever fly you again) Airways, or even more adventurously, China Eastern to name but a few.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"min-height: 13px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">However the flights that I remember with a warm fuzzy \u2018I was born to fly\u2019 nostalgia, are the long haul business class Singapore Airlines, Qantas, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Thai flights.. C\u2019mon who wouldn\u2019t????<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-zvwW3zRgpgk\/U0kpo9PX3II\/AAAAAAAACMQ\/MlSHIfC6Bbo\/s1600\/Qantas%2BLounge.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-zvwW3zRgpgk\/U0kpo9PX3II\/AAAAAAAACMQ\/MlSHIfC6Bbo\/s1600\/Qantas%2BLounge.jpg?resize=640%2C416\" width=\"640\" height=\"416\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">At home in the new Qantas Hong Kong Lounge &#8211; April 2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;\">Of course in those days it wasn\u2019t uncommon for the frequent, frequent flying Executives to be upgraded to First Class. We\u2019re talking the heady days of big bonuses and pre\u00a0the Global Financial Crisis. Those were the days when business travel was a perk of the job that the whole family enjoyed, not that I ever went First Class but we did enjoy many a flight in Business Class.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"min-height: 13px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Now we\u2019re Aussie locals, see <b><a href=\"http:\/\/littlewanderingwren.blogspot.com\/2014\/01\/australia-day.html\">Australia Day<\/a> <\/b>when we finally all became Aussie citizens. There is no fat expat contract and certainly no Home Leave to the United Kingdom, we <i>are<\/i> home!\u00a0<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">So now we\u2019re paying, I\u2019m back where I belong in the down the back, proudly in Row 48 Royal Brunei. The cheapest carrier I could find to the UK with a bargain ticket costing $1600 AUD.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"min-height: 13px; text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">Welcome home Wren!<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">But wait there&#8217;s more&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Next there was our Cathay Pacific flight\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">from Melbourne Australia to New York, via Hong Kong &#8230;<\/span><\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;\">Yes it&#8217;s a long way from Australia to America<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;\">\u00a0but we&#8217;re off to see daughter number two\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;\">currently studying\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;\">in New York.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-aRdQmcO51k0\/U0kwGrEpaMI\/AAAAAAAACMo\/_IBavpDDpBU\/s1600\/Flying%2B2.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-aRdQmcO51k0\/U0kwGrEpaMI\/AAAAAAAACMo\/_IBavpDDpBU\/s1600\/Flying%2B2.jpg?resize=640%2C434\" width=\"640\" height=\"434\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;\">Good news!\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;\">Even travelling on the cheapest ticket we could find,\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;\">flying with my husband still brings certain perks!\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;\">DH is whisked off to the land of extra leg room\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;\">and &#8216;can I personally welcome you on board, Sir?&#8217;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;\">Now, in the intervening years our little boy\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;\">grew up to be taller than his father, so a deal is struck!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;\">One has the extra leg room to Hong Kong (8 hours 15 mins)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;\">and my husband gets the extra legroom to New York (15 hours)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;\">Me, I get a champagne in the Qantas Lounge\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;\">in Melbourne and Hong Kong<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;\">So I&#8217;m happy!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Yrw_EgyLWwo\/U0ktCihx79I\/AAAAAAAACMc\/eKZZJ5Vw6z8\/s1600\/Qantas%2BLounge%2B.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Yrw_EgyLWwo\/U0ktCihx79I\/AAAAAAAACMc\/eKZZJ5Vw6z8\/s1600\/Qantas%2BLounge%2B.jpg?resize=492%2C640\" width=\"492\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Yes please I&#8217;ll have a champagne! Qantas lounge Melbourne<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">Well if we thought the Qantas Lounge in Melbourne, was fantastic, we were\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">estactic with the new Qantas Lounge in Hong Kong. It had only been open a couple of weeks but what a find. We all had showers, a lovely dinner, free internet and I won&#8217;t go on, except to say I would have happily stayed there a lot longer!<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-TLlDZ0Y4H50\/U0kxI6tPvEI\/AAAAAAAACM0\/n2JumekFIv4\/s1600\/Flying%2B3.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-TLlDZ0Y4H50\/U0kxI6tPvEI\/AAAAAAAACM0\/n2JumekFIv4\/s1600\/Flying%2B3.jpg?resize=640%2C484\" width=\"640\" height=\"484\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Looking out from the plane&#8217;s window over the high rise apartments of Hong Kong<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Soon, we were back on board for the remaining 15 hours to New York. 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