My anxiety about the meeting point was somewhat justified. Of course arrival halls are always crowded and busy. I got there 15 minutes early and there was no sign of the Tour person. I ended up wandering around with Exodus on my phone and as it happens, I gathered up about eight others who also flown in on earlier flight and were similarly puzzled by there being no Exodus person there.
Anyway, she arrived and then we just had to wait another 20 minutes for the people who came off the tour flight from LGW.
It's a full tour with 18 pax. But we also have a 36 seater coach to get around in so plenty of space.
The chances of it being a good tour group are very good. We’ve just stopped for our first lunch and those I spoke to so far were veteran smallgroup tour people such as 5-10 with Exodus. So very like minded.
also like-minded in their beverages. Half had red wine, most others had white wine and just the one with water.
Most of us probably over 60 and a couple between 50 and 50 I would guess. Probably 9 English people, 2 Scots, 5 Aussies and I think 2 Finns.
Lunch - grilled trout. this was probably one of the smaller portions that the group got. Many were far far too big for lunch. I probably ate less than half of mine.
The vineyard behind lunch restaurant
A shot out of the bus window on our drive up towards the Bosnian border
Our wheels
