Friday, June 27, 2014

back in Melbourne

I flew out of Helsinki on Tuesday afternoon (local time). I was suppose to fly British Airways to London (to connect with my Qantas flight back to Melbourne). However, because of flow on effects from industrial action in France, BA was experiencing flight delays across their European network. Luckily for me, the attentive check-in lady at the BA counter made alternative arrangements for me to get to London on an earlier flight with Finnair.

Qantas now flies London to Melbourne via Dubai. I had not been to Dubai before (or anywhere else in the Middle East, for that matter). The airport was like any other major modern international airport...it was full of duty free and luxury brand shops...I could have been anywhere in the world. And just to show how small a world we actually live in, I bumped into one of my work colleagues who had been holidaying in Europe and was on the same flight back to Melbourne.

I got back yesterday morning and slept most of the day. Still, I managed to go to bed last night without any problems and slept through until 5am this morning. Hopefully it means I will be able to enjoy my day off from work today and actually get out of the apartment.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

You were away for a long time. I guess you are pleased to be back and enjoying our weather....not.

Adaptive Radiation said...

Am definitely glad to be back and to see Nathan and the dog. The weather has been conducive to catching up on sleep ;-)

Victor said...

I'm booked on a number of Finnair flights for my forthcoming overseas trip.

I'm told they are good airline. I hope so!

Adaptive Radiation said...

I've been a bit disappointed with their flights between Asia and Europe because they have a few old ex-Air France planes that aren't very comfortable. I had one going to Finland on this trip but they gave me a business class seat which made all the difference. Not as good as Qantas business but I don't often get business class so I really appreciated the recline.