Culture, Cuisine and Chasing the Lights

[amaroo]

In a few days we take off on another end of year family holiday. A month in Europe - with a HKG stopover to get the party started.

Flights
CX J / F BNE-HKG-FCO (J)... CDG-HKG (F) - BNE (J)
BA Y LIN-LHR-BGO ... OSL-LHR-ORY
WF Y BGO-TOS
SK Y TOS-OSL

The Trip
Hong Kong
Rome
2 weeks driving around Northern Italy
Bergen
Tromsø - chasing the Northern Lights
Paris

Should be fun.

 

[Major]

Looks like a great, but very cold, trip...Enjoy

 

[love_the_life]

Some of my favourite spots on your itinerary so following with interest, though it was summer in Tromso when I was there so too much light to see the other kind.

 

[LadyC]

Looking forward to reading!

 

[amaroo]

Looks like a great, but very cold, trip...Enjoy

Given the winter we endured throughout the East coast of Canada & USA during the polar vortex of 2013/14 - this trip should feel like a summer holiday

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_2014_North_American_cold_wave

 

[Rugby]

Subscribed - been waiting for this one to kick off

 

[Kangol]

Nice one, how did you book the tickets? All points?

 

[amaroo]

Nice one, how did you book the tickets? All points?

CX is QFF ... all 1,248,000 million of them I posted some tips I learnt here family trip

BA is cash - given their J is rubbish, the flights are short and we've got a couple of pitstops at LHR F lounge ... I settled on whY with exit row seating. Our youngest has just turned 12 thus allowing exit row seating for all of us

WF is cash - one class flight

SK is cash - one class flight

TK *Gold (SM) will come in handy with SK ... not so sure about WF on SK ticketing?

 

[JohnM]

BP scanned.

 

[amaroo]

Not having much luck changing BNE-HKG to SYD-HKG Have always been able to change last minute so that we could enjoy an F lounge lunch ... looks like I'll be posting the first photos from a very fourth class F lounge. Lucky we have a "Wing and Pier" to change the scene

 

[amaroo]

Well that's it ... no SYD departure for us. it's a BNE departure - first time for everything That's family travelling...

Chauffeur transfer confirmed.

 

[amaroo]

Typical traffic jam heading down the Bruce F lounge is chock-a-block.

 

[get me outta here]

That brekky looks very tasty, in fact, I could do with one now.

Lucky you didn't come through SYD today. I'm not far from the a/port and the hail, storm and maybe even a tornado is in full swing.

 

[amaroo]

The first of very many

 

[mrs.dr.ron]

A very happy tripping Amaroo, Mrs Amaroo and the two junior amaroos. Have a fantastic time. And a merry Christmas .

 

[amaroo]

Next stop CNS

 

[amaroo]

Lovely flight.. Even though it was a dry sector.





Had the Stir Fry ... sorry forgot to take the photo.

 

[amaroo]

Reef Lounge

 

[amaroo]

CNS - lovely day.

 

[amaroo]

That brekky looks very tasty, in fact, I could do with one now.

Lucky you didn't come through SYD today. I'm not far from the a/port and the hail, storm and maybe even a tornado is in full swing.

Just caught up on SYD events ... kinda glad we missed all the excitement.