Apartment Holcroft Court, London - Home for the next 7 days

After our ride from the airport we were met by Diana whom I shall refer to as the “apartment lady”. She showed us around our two bedroom apartment in central London which will do nicely for the next 7 days.

Here are some photos 

Emirates Flight Dubai to London

After a very long wait of 8 hours in Dubai, we boarded our A380 flight to London. Just another 6 hours and we’ll be there soon!

Had a good afternoon nap on this flight, damn we’re tired!! 

Emirates Flight Adelaide to Dubai

After a quick dinner at the Qantas Lounge we boarded our flight to Dubai on the Emirates 777-300. We are fortunate to be flying business class so that we can arrive at our destination rested and ready for adventure.

In this post I’ll cover some of the benefits of business class with Emirates.

Priority boarding allows you to get on first before the crowds and get settled. While you are settling in, champagne and light drinks are served!

As our flight is an evening flight, after take off they served dinner. They set the table for you at your seat with your own table cloth and real glassware and cutlery. You can also have cocktails, spirits and all types of espresso based coffees made to order.

Given we had already had dinner, I just ordered dessert with some fruit.

It was then time to settle in with a movie and sleepy time!!

The seats can be laid nearly flat or reclined to your liking. Nice pillow and quilt are just right to tuck in for a good nights sleep.

Michael wanted to stay up but ended up asleep before us!!

After a reasonably smooth night, we were woken for breakfast.

I chose to have pastry and a cappuccino, Trevor had flapjacks with fruit and pastries.

Michael doesn’t like airplane food so he just had a snack we bought with us, go figure! 

As I write this on the flight, I am thinking about our next step in this trip, 8 hours at Dubai airport! More to come on that.

UK and Northern Europe Trip July 2018

Today we set off on a three week holiday to the UK and Northern Europe.

This trip is exciting for us as we have never been to any of the places on this itinerary!

Tonight we fly off with our Emirates  flight to London via Dubai.

We will spend a week in London before boarding the Sapphire Princess for a 14 night cruise to Northern Europe.

The cruise ports are shown below 

We visit the following countries:

• Sweden
• Belgium
• Finland
• Germany
• Estonia
• Denmark
• Russia

Looking forward to seeing these wonderful places.

Day 8 - Melbourne, Australia

Today we have arrived in Melbourne after a day at sea yesterday since we left our last port of Adelaide. 

We are on an excursion today to the Melbourne countryside and a ride on Puffing Billy steam train.

We took a bus right up to Belgrave where we boarded the train for a 30 minute ride to the Menzies Creek station.

The scenery of the rainforest was really nice.

Day 5 - Adelaide, South Australia

After s day at sea yesterday, today we arrived at the Adelaide pilot boarding ground to collect our pilot at 10.00 local time.

We had a beautiful sail into the port and a smooth berthing.

A lovely welcome from the bush band and then we got off the ship to meet family.

We are in port overnight leaving tomorrow evening headed to Melbourne.

Day 3 - Hobart, Tasmania

We have arrived in Hobart today after a day at sea crossing the Tasman. It was a bit rough but the ship handled it very well.

18 degrees today should make for a nice day to get out and about.

We went for a stroll and ended up having lunch at Mures, we have eaten there before. Nice fresh fish.

Got some nice photos of the ship in port too.

Radiance of the Seas Melbourne, Hobart, Adelaide 9 night cruise

So we are off on our 10 night holiday, one night in Sydney, then off on 9 nights on Radiance of the Seas to Melbourne, Hobart and Adelaide then back to Sydney.

Goals for this trip include lots of exercise, mindfulness and switching off from work.....

Michael is super excited to meet other teens and have fun.