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Looks like a great drink, even though you had to drink it fast! The clubhouse looks very nice and modern, even though it was crowded! Glad you got to enjoy a nice massage before your flight!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
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I'm catching up while waiting out Matthew at Old Key West, so I may have a series of posts. I love the hotel for your pre-flight stay. Gorgeous and roomy! Love the heated towel rack, too. Such a pleasant start to your flight with a massage in the Clubhouse.
I'm catching up while waiting out Matthew at Old Key West, so I may have a series of posts. I love the hotel for your pre-flight stay. Gorgeous and roomy! Love the heated towel rack, too.
So glad to hear from you Cam and glad all is well! Unfortunately, Matthew is still far south of the Orlando area. Be safe and hope you are not too bored and the CMs are making the best of the situation for their guests!
You may have one very interesting TR with this and hope for some great photos of the storm but always be safe when doing this with the high winds!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
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WOW, that is some club. I never had the pleasure of flying trans-Atlantic. Upper class is certainly a treat. Beautiful club and drink. Who would have thought that there would be a massage inside an airline club. Glad to see you are off to a great start with the story.
WOW, that is some club. I never had the pleasure of flying trans-Atlantic. Upper class is certainly a treat. Beautiful club and drink. Who would have thought that there would be a massage inside an airline club. Glad to see you are off to a great start with the story.
It is amazing, but then again, you'd want it to be amazing if you pay for it - we're talking about £7,000 for two people, which is just crazy!
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Saturday 10 September – part three: the best photobomb ever?
We were first told that we’d be boarding in 10 minutes’ time, then we were told we’d be boarding in a “couple of minutes” time, and so it went on. I think we got down there at 12:10pm, and we finally started boarding half an hour later. Of course, by that point, everyone was standing around expectantly, blocking the way. Why do people do that? I get it if you’re Upper Class and you know you’re boarding first, and a couple of people were, but most weren’t, and of course you had to ask them to move out of the way.
We quickly found our seats, and grabbed one or two shots!
The best photobomb ever? From the waitress serving champagne…
It was quite funny, as our fellow passengers looked at us as if we were mad, then I noticed people gradually pulling out their phones and taking photos. I guess we started something here!
Now were due to leave at 1:05pm, and about 1:03pm, I turned my phone on to flight mode – that’s how I can be so precise, as I remember the time when I did it. Ok, so it looked as if we might be leaving on time, which I was pretty impressed with, given how late we’d started boarding. However, it wasn’t to be.
We sat there, had the safety demonstration video, and I thought we were about to push back, but nothing happened. Ok, in a minute then… still nothing. Eventually, the pilot came on and said that while everything was set with them, and we knew the passengers were already on board, there was a problem with the cargo. They’d apparently loaded some, and now the cargo door, which is hydraulically operated, wouldn’t close. Oh boy!
I have to confess I envisaged a long wait to sort it out, but in fairness, it was about another 10 minutes and then we were informed that everything was sorted, and we’d be on our way. We ended up pushing back about 25 minutes late, which wasn’t too terrible.
I got absolutely no photos on take-off, because of the rain all over the window. Every time I tried to shoot through it, it just didn’t work, and almost as soon as we were in the air, we were into cloud, so there was sadly nothing to photography.
I settled down to watch Eye in the Sky, which was the movie I wanted to see, and we did have a bit of turbulence as we took off, but eventually it settled down, and the seatbelt sign went off. They offered drinks, and I decided to try a passion fruit martini off their cocktail menu, which sounded intriguing. Mark decided to try it with me, and all I’ll say is the first kick was quite something – way more than I was expecting! What is it with me and drinks today? At least, after the first mouthful, it didn’t kick quite as much for the rest of it, but we stuck at one…
When it came to the meal, I wanted the tomato, mozzarella and micro basil salad, which consisted of pieces of buffalo mozzarella and ripe tomatoes with olive oil, balsamic dressing and sweet pepper berries, but I was informed it was off the menu. I explained I didn’t want anything else, as the other options were meat or spicy butternut soup, which I really didn’t fancy. She offered me Flying Club miles (yes please! ) but then went back on herself, and offered it to a gold club member, who accepted (probably how they became gold in the first place ) so I never got a say on that. I’d have taken the miles for the lack of salad…
The salad was very nice, when I finally got it, but I’d still have taken the miles… Just sayin’!...
Mark had chicken satay with cashew nut dipping sauce – tender chicken, served street food style with a deliciously rich cashew nut sipping sauce with fresh chili, coriander and lime…
Before the entrée came out, Mark took a photo of this ingenious (and perhaps slightly worrying… ) use of an emergency exit…
For main, I went for the seafood linguine – indulgently delicious seared salmon, scallops and king prawns with linguine pasta, served with roasted cherry tomatoes and fresh pea shorts. I was a little concerned about mine, given you have to be very careful with how you cook scallops, otherwise they taste awful, but they were beautifully done. This was a superb main course.
Mark had the lemon and thyme chicken, tender breast of chicken served on a potato cake with spinach, Girolle mushrooms and vegetable pearls.
For dessert, we both went for warm chocolate and salted caramel pudding, but the second I bit into it, I knew I couldn’t eat it. It was just way too salty for my taste. I couldn’t even have the alternative, as it was apple blackberry crisp, and I’m allergic to apples…
At least I didn’t go hungry, as I enjoyed cheese and port, made up of Brie, aged Gouda and Cornish blue, all of which were very nice, the port especially so…
So, for those keeping score, that’s one cocktail in the lounge, one passion fruit Martini, two glasses of wine, and some port. Not bad!
It was about this time, I asked the stewardesses, who were a lovely team, for some boiled water, and once it had cooled down a bit, I was finally able to clean out my eyes. I had tried twice already earlier with just hot water, but it hadn’t had the same impact. Finally, I was able to get everything out of my eyes, as I’m supposed to do every morning. Hopefully this will help to control the watering eyes, although frankly the way my left one was watering, I’m not holding out much hope…
Having thoroughly enjoyed Eye in the Sky (excellent film!), I watched the documentary Panda Babies, which I’d already seen and have saved at home. I just adore baby pandas as I may have mentioned once or twice in the pre-trip report, so to watch this again was a real treat for me. I just want to run up to them and cuddle them. Gosh, if we do ever make it to Chengdu in China and the panda nursery, I can see me being arrested, as I make a lunge for a baby panda…
Of course, by that point, everyone was standing around expectantly, blocking the way. Why do people do that? I get it if you’re Upper Class and you know you’re boarding first, and a couple of people were, but most weren’t, and of course you had to ask them to move out of the way.
I call those people "gate lice." I hate it too!
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For main, I went for the seafood linguine – indulgently delicious seared salmon, scallops and king prawns with linguine pasta, served with roasted cherry tomatoes and fresh pea shorts. I was a little concerned about mine, given you have to be very careful with how you cook scallops, otherwise they taste awful, but they were beautifully done. This was a superb main course.
Those scallops look great! I would be nervous about them on a plane as well, but glad they were so tasty!
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Thank goodness for those miles! 
The clubhouse looks very nice and modern, even though it was crowded! Glad you got to enjoy a nice massage before your flight! 
I get it if you’re Upper Class and you know you’re boarding first, and a couple of people were, but most weren’t, and of course you had to ask them to move out of the way. 
Ok, so it looked as if we might be leaving on time, which I was pretty impressed with, given how late we’d started boarding. However, it wasn’t to be. 
Just sayin’!... 
) use of an emergency exit… 
I couldn’t even have the alternative, as it was apple blackberry crisp, and I’m allergic to apples… 
as I may have mentioned once or twice in the pre-trip report, so to watch this again was a real treat for me. I just want to run up to them and cuddle them. Gosh, if we do ever make it to Chengdu in China and the panda nursery, I can see me being arrested, as I make a lunge for a baby panda… 
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