Carolyn and I have been slowly getting excited over the past couple of days and now departure day has arrived!
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| Finally some excitement! |
We had a great flight from Adelaide to Singapore with plenty of space in the business class seats and a few glasses of Charles Heidsieck Champagne to get us through our flight. Our meals were great and the service excellent, our first time flying with Singapore Airlines was a great experience.
Our 5 hour stopover in Singapore gave us just enough time to check out the pool. For $13 Singapore dollars you could have a swim and relax with the sounds of the A380's taking off behind you.
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| G ready to relax poolside |
We then made the most of the new Qantas/BA lounge and had the chef create a vegetarian stir fry dinner full of fresh ginger and chilli. Our flight to London left at 11pm - this time we were upstairs with only 16 other people. The lie flat seats made the 13 hour flight much more enjoyable and despite quite a few turbulent bumps we arrived at Heathrow at 5:30 am Monday morning.
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| Business class seats on BA flight |
The final perk we had with the business class seats was the BA arrivals lounge at Heathrow. We went through customs in record time (under 30 minutes!) then collected our bags and found the arrivals lounge. It's very much like the Qantas club in Adelaide so we could have a shower and get some more breakfast etc before heading in to London and dropping off the bags at our hotel.
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| BA Arrivals Lounge |
So we've made it to London, our flights were great and we're about to head off to our hotel at St James. Our first day in London is meant to be fine with some cloud and 11 degrees.... Perfect!