Where, you might ask, is Nijmegen?
In the middle of The Netherlands!
Managed to acquire and pay for an upgrade between HK and Dubai. All I wanted was the flatbed to be able to get some sleep. And I did get the flatbed. But I missed out on the meals and the actual 'bar space' where you can sit and drink alcohol and eat chocolate.
Got a coffee in Dubai. Asked for it in a keep cup. Got given a takeaway cup and told "you can put it in the keep cup". Now I know this is a 'we're terrified we might give someone too much of something they've paid for and our bosses will rake us over the coals' thing for employees, but I'm just "..." because the point of a keep cup is to reduce the amount of takeaway cups used...
Anyway, when going through Dubai, B2 and I always get B1 a camel, because, IDK, B1 likes camels!
She's not getting this one, though. For starters: shipping to Australia would be awful! Although one could imagine it sitting in the middle of the lawn, just taking up space for the heck of it...
I didn't get her the peacocks either. I ended up with a little gold camel with a faceted gem in each side. It matches some pretty knick-knacks that we already have.
Left Dubai around 8am local time. Flight to Amsterdam was economy, but not full. Amsterdam immigration was about 45 minutes, so not dire (the US can take up to 2 hours) but also not fantastic.
That said, it felt like everyone and their neighbour on this flight had a cough. UGH. And no masking. More of that in Europe, although at least in Europe, very few people are going to be an asshole about masking up. America? I'm not so sure. We'll see when we get there.
( Amsterdam, Nijmegen )
In the middle of The Netherlands!
Managed to acquire and pay for an upgrade between HK and Dubai. All I wanted was the flatbed to be able to get some sleep. And I did get the flatbed. But I missed out on the meals and the actual 'bar space' where you can sit and drink alcohol and eat chocolate.
Got a coffee in Dubai. Asked for it in a keep cup. Got given a takeaway cup and told "you can put it in the keep cup". Now I know this is a 'we're terrified we might give someone too much of something they've paid for and our bosses will rake us over the coals' thing for employees, but I'm just "..." because the point of a keep cup is to reduce the amount of takeaway cups used...
Anyway, when going through Dubai, B2 and I always get B1 a camel, because, IDK, B1 likes camels!
She's not getting this one, though. For starters: shipping to Australia would be awful! Although one could imagine it sitting in the middle of the lawn, just taking up space for the heck of it...
I didn't get her the peacocks either. I ended up with a little gold camel with a faceted gem in each side. It matches some pretty knick-knacks that we already have.
Left Dubai around 8am local time. Flight to Amsterdam was economy, but not full. Amsterdam immigration was about 45 minutes, so not dire (the US can take up to 2 hours) but also not fantastic.
That said, it felt like everyone and their neighbour on this flight had a cough. UGH. And no masking. More of that in Europe, although at least in Europe, very few people are going to be an asshole about masking up. America? I'm not so sure. We'll see when we get there.
( Amsterdam, Nijmegen )
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