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He started with this new company only a year ago, so he's got nuffin. I on the other hand... Alas, I know nothing about flight sim gear 🤣🤣

MrD did some soul searching and weighed up this trip vs leave from work which is tricky as he has none thanks to our recent Japan trip plus an extended shutdown over January, so would have to take LWOP. He's saying let's not do this one. Fair enough. He may change his mind again, so I'm staying...

Haha. His experience is more warbird focused, not commercial planes. And no, just has a good relationship with a supplier, knows his stuff and can help them talk about their product.

Thanks all, not enough points for this trip alas, and we will be flying Y because MrD is getting his paid for (another amazing offer related to his flight sim hobby). But thank you for suggestions of airports in SEA to aim for. I'll have a good research session to come up with some options...

So we may have an opportunity to attend an event in Amsterdam in two months. Commence panic scrambling to see if it's doable! Any tips for cheap flights appreciated. We've done Amsterdam before, very briefly, so it'll be nice to go back. Maybe squeeze in a quick trip to Paris to visit a...

Clearly I need to take more notes of trips... I only flew economy this year. Lots of work trips, so no doubt I ended up in Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide at least once this year. CBR-SYD-LAX-LAS and back again in June - that was our biggest trip I think! Then SYD-HND, NRT-NAN, NAN-CBR just...

Holy moly! Imagine working there? 😍 Speaking of working in libraries, I was at work recently and a visitor came up asking to see the books. I did my usual spiel about closed stacks, requesting material, etc., but they showed me a photo of the inside of a library that I think they thought was the...

I forgot to update on books I read while travelling. I revert to ebooks because it saves lugging physical books around. I finished Marked in Flesh by Anne Bishop (book four in The Others series), Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree, The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake and Divine Rivals by Rebecca...

Thanks :) our birthdays were much earlier in the year, but still nice to celebrate 🎉

Sofitel Fiji Resort and Spa at Denarau Island. I'm pretty sure other AFFers have stayed here before because I'm pretty sure that's where I got the idea from :)

Had a delicious dinner last night, after a rum tasting and a coughtail/canape thing. I think I'm undoing all the walking in Japan with eating and lounging. I'd forgotten I'd mentioned we were celebrating our 40ths this year with this trip when I booked. So when they brought out a dessert for me...

Made it to Fiji! Sometime after I booked our flights got changed to an overnight flight, so I rebooked to drop a day, knowing that we'd likely not get access to a room til later in the day. But I'd confirmed we'd be able to drop bags and enjoy the resort anyway. Instead, we rock up around...

Yes, we visited some quieter areas and it was great. Where we were staying was away from the tourist hustle and bustle.

We are safely at Narita airport. Conveniently we were able to take one train from the nearby Shimbashi station. Made it easy to get to the airport. Unfortunately neither Cathay Pacific or the JAL Sakura lounge took us in. Fiji Airways must not be on the list. Oh well, there's a nice Japanese...

Oh, forgot to add, bumped into a colleague in line at Tokyo Disneyland. Would only have been funnier if we were near the It's a Small World ride.

To catch up the last couple of days, one was a shopping day (Christmas is coming!) and we also went to TeamLab Borderless a digital art installation thing. Absolutely amazing. Would recommend checking it out. Then yesterday we went to Tokyo Disneyland which of course was a massive day. We could...

Ah okay, either way it was pretty :)

A quieter day today, but still lots of adventures! We headed to Ueno park for a walk where we found ourselves at a koi show, check out the grand champion! I'm very curious how they get the huge fish from their temporary tanks to portable ones. Huge scoopy nets? Big plastic bags? Small cranes? I...

Being the Harry Potter fan I am, I couldn't go past seeing the area in Akasaka done up where The Cursed Child play is held. There's theming around the station exit, a cafe and a store. I'd never seen most of the merch at that store! But I was good and only bought two things. Then back to a...

Oh that's cool!