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Homeward bound - LAX First lounge and QF11 We left the hotel at 5pm and got to TBIT not long after. I had checked and there was chat about an early check in counter being open. This was true, and they had all classes being accepted. Being one of them Platinum types we went to the front and were...

A spare day in L.A Straight outta inta Compton After a decent sleep we wandered down to the temporary breakfast room. When I booked they did note renovations were in progress but should have been finished by our arrival, a statement that proved to be Fake News. Breakfast was actually served in...

Mid flight and LAX arrival (ugh) The flight was quite smooth and uneventful. Watched the one movie, played some hangman on the iPad and tried to read. Couple of beers and wines and water. Around Fort Collins or 3 hours out we started with the light meal service. I went for the Buddha plate...

I have some experience of that. Coming up in the last flight.

On the plane - Up, Up and Away Boarding was easy as it was mostly First and Business people on the first bus. My only gripe, and I believe it valid as a WP, is that the First class people have someone guide them from the door to their seat, I guess in case they get lost on the way. Anyway, all...

British Airways BA 281 LHR - LAX - 777 with J suites; The Lounge experience and the boarding debacle. I was looking forwards to this, for two reasons - Never been on a 777 and wanted to see what the J suites were like as the only other BA flights we'd been on were A380 with the god-awful 4...

Flight Bucharest to Heathrow - BA885 J Class We had the flight from Bucharest to London included in our RTW itinerary. We had spent a couple of days in Bucharest before flying out and with the flight departing at 0835 and some differing opinions on times from front door to airside, we hopped in...

Viking cruise - last day in Bucharest On the last day we were all tossed off at around 8am and put onto buses, for the trip into Bucharest. What entailed was a full day of sightseeing around the city, some walking around the town, a lunch, and a visit to a new church before being deposited at...

It was open seating, so a free for all. As is normal, we found 2 couples we clicked with and tended to sit with them. I think most people did stay with a core bunch although there were couples that did the rounds. Some people took offence if you said the free seats were for people coming, others...

Viking cruises - excursions Although I touched on these earlier, some more info might be of interest. The buses used were touring coaches with decent seats and seatbelts that were mandatory to use in Netherlands, Germany and Austria. One interesting issue we found was the bus would not leave...

Viking cruise - Desserts! These did deserve their own category. Not only were 2 desserts offered, there was ice cream, sorbet and cheese plates on offer. Purely for research purposes we did go through the dessert menu quite diligently and weren't disappointed most nights. These was a good...

Viking cruise - dinners So to the main course, as it were. Dinners were offered at 7.15pm both on the Aquivit Terrace and in the restaurant (rather than the 'dining room' as I've described it) and were all table service. As mentioned the tables were all set for groups of 6, 8 or 12 and most of...

Viking cruise meals - lunch Each day, as noted, we had lunch on the boat. This was always around the noon to 1pm start time and the excursions were arranged around lunch. For me, I found this great as you knew what sort of meal you'd get and there was no worry about how big, how unhealthy or...

Viking cruise meals - Breakfasts Each morning breakfast was available, either on the front Aquivit terrace or in the main dining room. It started at 7am and finished at 9.30am(?). Most excursions were gone by 9am so there was no real leisurely breakfasts to be had, which is unfortunate as I like...

Damn straight. My wife wants to see *everything* and I am more worn out when I finish a holiday and this report was more tiring than I expected.

23 days of cruising condensed into one post I'll sum up the cruise as much as I can, rather than describing each day. I'll post the meals and drinks in separate posts too. The Viking cruise we did was the European Sojurn, which was 23 days from Amsterdam to Bucharest. We elected a Category D...

Amsterdam Day 4 - Embarkation day The Viking cruise we did was the European Sojurn, which was 23 days from Amsterdam to Bucharest. We elected a Category D French balcony cabin which was on the main deck along with the restaurant. The booking and interim contacts was fine. About 90 days before...

Amsterdam - Day 3 After breakfast we again rode the (correct) train into the City. The metro train is slower than the Sprinter but the Sprinter is dearer. It's about a 20 minute trip on the slow train. We did find a church in a house which was original from many hundreds of years ago when...

4 days in Amsterdam - Day 1 & 2. From the airport it was a fairly simple trip on the Sprinter train to Sloterdijk, where we had booked the XO Hotels Park West joint. We booked it direct and chose it as it was the best compromise between the City expense and transport links that fit our needs...

Well, there's not much I can do. I'm annoyed that they elected to not send the bags on the next flight to my destination and make things better for us, but that's just large corporations who cannot react quickly to issues. The insurance is what I expect from insurance - all promises and gloss...