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    A ferroequinologist goes to Europe

    If you can get to York the rail museum there is worth a visit (Home | National Railway Museum.)
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    Using the QF Website for availability of reward flights

    As @SYD said above. This will show calendar view. China Eastern has plenty of availability in April. I sampled BNE to CDG via PVG and lots of availability. Cost is 159,000 points one way + $275 in fees. There is also first availability from PVG to CDG. Also availability to LHR.
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    UK and Europe 4 month sojourn!

    Thank you @Jacques Vert. No we didn't do a tour and just did self guided with audio (pretty certain we booked direct on the catacombs website The Paris Catacombs | Catacombes de Paris.). However we did book a number of other tours in various places through Get Your Guide and didn't have any...
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    Ruminations from the Silver Muse.

    Yes we came across this quite a bit on our recent UK & Europe trip with these "influencers" hogging sites for ages to get the perfect pic. I usually give them a few minutes then go and stand beside them until they get the message to move on and let others take photos!
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    UK and Europe 4 month sojourn!

    This has been an incredible journey and not without a few hiccups, which caused a fair bit of stress and took considerable time to sort out with our TA, especially as we were on the other side of the worlds and in different time zones. However considering the time we have been away and what we...
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    UK and Europe 4 month sojourn!

    Our flight to BNE was uneventful and we landed about 30 minutes early. We were in J for this leg as the plane was originally an A350 with no first. This was swapped to a 4 class 777 with F seats. F wasn’t being sold so we were able to score seats 1A and 2A, however service was J. By this stage I...
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    UK and Europe 4 month sojourn!

    We then had about 5 hours at HKG before our flight to BNE and spent our time at the Wing and Pier first lounges. It was quite busy when we arrived around 7:30 am but quietened down considerably by the time we departed at 12:30 pm and I was able to get a cabana for a shower and refresh.
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    UK and Europe 4 month sojourn!

    A few inflight shots heading to Hong Kong.
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    UK and Europe 4 month sojourn!

    And this is for you @Flyfrequently !
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    UK and Europe 4 month sojourn!

    Wasn’t overly taken by the menu offerings but what I had was tasty. Didn’t have the caviar as not big fan and started with the prawns with the veal for main. Both quite tasty. The veal was slightly overcooked but still tender and tasty. Of course this was all washed down with several glasses of...
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    UK and Europe 4 month sojourn!

    Onboard and a very warm welcome from the crew.
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    UK and Europe 4 month sojourn!

    A few more comments and photos and then “that’s all folks”! A bit of plane spotting from the LHR CX F lounge. Then a quick visit to the QF lounge for some S&P squid and a glass of bubbles. Didn’t think much of the squid, quite a lot of batter, very chewy and slightly undercooked. And then...
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    UK and Europe 4 month sojourn!

    Thank you @StayGoldPonyboy .
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    UK and Europe 4 month sojourn!

    Thank you @MARTINE.
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    UK and Europe 4 month sojourn!

    Thank you @VPS . Getting back to “normal” life will take a bit of adjusting!
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    UK and Europe 4 month sojourn!

    Thank you @Flyfrequently. Will definitely try a Cloud Nine.
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    UK and Europe 4 month sojourn!

    The holiday is now over and we are sitting in the CX F lounge at LHR awaiting our chariot. It is a wet and cold day but as I’ve discovered typical of UK weather! We are fortunate to be in CX F for the first leg to HKG and then J to BNE, but scored 1A and 2A in the F cabin as the plane was...
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    UK and Europe 4 month sojourn!

    Yes it really is. So much history and so glad we went there!
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    UK and Europe 4 month sojourn!

    Followed by a beer at the Eagle. And a coughtail and dinner at Parkers Tavern. The Corpus Clock AKA the Grasshopper Clock in Cambridge.
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    UK and Europe 4 month sojourn!

    We made our war to the station the next morning to find everything back on schedule. We arrived at our friends place who then took us on a tour to Cambridge. We wandered around the streets then did a punt tour on the river.
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