Exactly one year ago today was the last day of our walk in Spain on the famous Campostela de Santiago and the day I was robbed of my backpack. To make up for this major injustice we had to go on another hike this year to make sure I could still carry my own backpack, and more…..
Yesterday started off really well with one of the infamous Dubai taxi drivers calling us at 06:15 hrs (taxi ordered for 06:30!) to notify us that he is waiting outside the house. NOT!!! By the time we were ready (06:25) there was no taxi to be found outside the house. Hence, Q goes for a quick lap around the block to make sure Mr Taxi is not waiting outside someone else’s house. NOT again. Call other taxi with squeezed buttocks as we really want to make our flight. 06:45 New taxi arrives just as Mr Taxi calls to inquire if we intend to appear or NOT!!! He should learn to read his map if he wants to pick up people from their house.
Anyway, things from then on only got better – for a while anyway…
Quentin’s lack of patience whilst traveling with me must have obviously preceded him as Emirates kindly offered to bump us up to Business Class. Suffice to say the champagne service was fully exploited – I could be a real Brit! Although we left Dubai ½ hr late, we still reached Milan on time. The connecting bus service to Milan Central and onward train to Bressanone (Brixen) left on time also, with the train journey taking us through some very majestic scenery. On arrival at journey’s end at 20:00 hrs we hiked the short journey to our hotel, with luggage unceremoniously dumped in the room while we went in search of some good Sud Tirol Wieß Bier and Italian delicacies.
Yesterday started off really well with one of the infamous Dubai taxi drivers calling us at 06:15 hrs (taxi ordered for 06:30!) to notify us that he is waiting outside the house. NOT!!! By the time we were ready (06:25) there was no taxi to be found outside the house. Hence, Q goes for a quick lap around the block to make sure Mr Taxi is not waiting outside someone else’s house. NOT again. Call other taxi with squeezed buttocks as we really want to make our flight. 06:45 New taxi arrives just as Mr Taxi calls to inquire if we intend to appear or NOT!!! He should learn to read his map if he wants to pick up people from their house.
Anyway, things from then on only got better – for a while anyway…
Quentin’s lack of patience whilst traveling with me must have obviously preceded him as Emirates kindly offered to bump us up to Business Class. Suffice to say the champagne service was fully exploited – I could be a real Brit! Although we left Dubai ½ hr late, we still reached Milan on time. The connecting bus service to Milan Central and onward train to Bressanone (Brixen) left on time also, with the train journey taking us through some very majestic scenery. On arrival at journey’s end at 20:00 hrs we hiked the short journey to our hotel, with luggage unceremoniously dumped in the room while we went in search of some good Sud Tirol Wieß Bier and Italian delicacies.
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