A drive through north-west France

[RooFlyer]

No prices?

First Class. Included.

 

[RooFlyer]

Second, since you will be driving through Dinan, if you haven't already been there, I would make the 33 minute side trip to Saint Malo.

Always appreciate your advice on France. Yes, I have the morning of next Tuesday in St Malo.

 

[ellen10]

Love St Malo. We ate the best moules and frites from a van overlooking the Fort.
And Dinan famous for crepes and galettes.
France is all about the food!

 

[RooFlyer]

Got to LHR T3, retrieved my stored bag GBP50 ! But worth it not to have to cart it up to Manchester and back. Checked in to my flight to Budapest and then joined the LHR T3 Lounge Crawl. There were 15 of us, an amazing number for the location. A greater bunch of dedicated flyers and lounge crawlers you'll never see. Arranged by @JessicaTam - thank you.

A few random pics.

As stocked by the CX F lounge.



AA First



Qantas



World record attempt for the number of S&P squid in one order - 12 (delivered in 2 lots)





BA First





I and I think most of us got to CX J and F, BA J and F, AA J and F, QF. I also got to the AMEX lounge courtesy of @Flashback , who it was great to catch up with again. Oh, and the Avanti First Class lounge in MAN(chester rail terminal).

 

[RooFlyer]

Time to leave. I think there were 6 of us on this flight to BUD. For me it was a quick overnight transit before heading to CDG.

BA870 LHR 20:37 BUD 00:01, A319, 2C Left a fraction early and arrived 15 mins early.

An OK flight - Euro biz, but I had a shadow





Dinner





A walk down to the Ibis Styles. See pics and comments here. Was Ok for a quick overnight.

Back to the terminal in the morning.



Check-in queues very long! Lots of Chinese and American (especially) pax off cruises. Check-in for my flight opens 2 hrs before departure - I was there 3 hrs prior . I stood around for a while and then asked one of the helpers in the terminal where KLM would board from - gates round the corner she said.



So I went there and ..



Zounds! Everyone was there early, like me, but they didn't spend 20 mins in another part of the terminal. I joined the 'Sky Priority' lane (pic above) and fortunately, got chatting with some Americans behind me. They were off a cruise, and one of the cruise helpers pointed out that they could use the self-bag drop machines a few meters away. So could I!


So through security OK and to the KLM 'lounge'. Airside at BUD



A shared lounge - shared with half the airlines on earth, it seems.



Not much more than basic. Beer seemed popular in the morning.



Stupid steps in the lounge.





Very loud Chinese and Americans in the lounge - I bailed and walked around the terminal.