Sydney to Amsterdam the long way - QF & AY in J and a river cruise

[drron]

Though on my last QF domestic flight the CSM talked to QFF loyalist members even Mrsdrron as QFF LTG but this BA OWE was ignored.

 

[zig]

Have just caught up on your trip and enjoyed it very much, particularly all the details about the river cruise. Thanks for taking the time to post it.

 

[smckay]

Though on my last QF domestic flight the CSM talked to QFF loyalist members even Mrsdrron as QFF LTG but this BA OWE was ignored.

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

 

[smckay]

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 to try to make some amend for the past 30-odds days of full fat food.
It was quite tasty and light and full of flavour

20 minutes later the main arrived. I opted for the chicken and tarragon pie as I am a sucker for a good pie.
Unfortunately in this case I was just the sucker. Not enjoyable, microwaved and bleh.

The 3-part bread also made a repeat appearance but I left a 1/3 as it was a bit too much.

Dessert was a good dose of chocolate and light.


After this was all cleared away we came into LAX. Seemed to be an easy run without a lot of turns. Took a few shots of the canyons and valleys, but for me this seems to sum up L.A..
Masses of people all crammed into a small area. This is the motorway junction that is like 100 stories high and the movie producers favourite.

We landed on time and deplaned. Thanks from the crew and off into the arrivals hall.
And then we stopped.
My last picture on the plane was at 15:10 and the first one at the luggage carousel was 16:10. But it felt more than an hour - the lane snaked, crawled, stopped and complained.

Finally we were out and battled the LAX traffic to grab a hotel shuttle to the Hilton Garden Inn at Mariposa. Bought through QF hotels for the points and rate.

The room was the typical room I seem to get in the US- everything you need, nothing outstanding.


Although we had eaten on the plane we were a little bit peckish, so we googled and found a nice romantic joint to go to;

Since the first time we went to the US in 2019 I've been a fan of In-N-out so off we went.
A double cheeseburger meal later we were sated.


Back to the hotel and dossed down for the night.