Stardate 2015-04-21 Sydney Airport: The Skylounge

Well, what a l-o-n-g flight from Canberra to Sydney - a flight that normally takes 40 mins or less actually took an hour.  I am sure we detoured via Dubbo and Cootamundra before finally getting the all-clear to land.  I did think Geoff might be summoned to the cockpit to lend a hand, being ex-Airforce, but he said he doubted there was much call for a lawyer at the controls. Anyway we got here eventually and are now ensconced in the Sky Lounge at Gate 24.

 
 



I'm not sure why this text is suddenly blue and underlined.  Maybe the published version will be different. Not a lot I can do about after a double gin and tonic, which I poured myself. (It's okay, I went easy on the tonic.) Geoff has had a red and a white wine.  He's going in for another round any second.

It's quite a novelty for me to travel business class. Geoff is an old hand, so I do feel for him when he has had to slum it in Economy with me in the past,  We're travelling with China Southern.   Their  Business class fares are about $3000 cheaper than the more popular airlines.  I did worry that our Sky Lounge meal choices would be Stir Fried Duck Beaks or Boiled Pig Pancreas with Ginger and Shallots but was pleasantly surprised to find a smorgasbord of western culinary delights. Right now I'm hoing into the cheese platter.  Meanwhile, here's Geoff having some cheese and another wine: 

 The rain is teeming is teeming down outside. It's been relentless since we arrived, as all Sydney-siders and those up and down the coast would know.  In Canberra it's been cold, windy and a bit showery but nothing like this.  Chin up, coastal dwellers!

Time for Geoffy to say a few (very few) words:  And finally, just to show that the authoress is also enjoying the hospitality:

                                              

 Until London, cheers ...!