Portugal, Sicily, Greece and the Balkans

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Thanks @Cruise Luxury. Sintra is on our list.

And we had a lovely day at Cascais @Scash , the train gets  very busy when the weather is good.


We took a train at 8.00 am, busy with daily workers commuting, but when we returned the queues at Cais do Sodra were incredibly long!

 

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And Uber is very cheap in Lisbon

Agree, and thanks to my shabby foot Uber became our best friend @VPS !

 

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The Trip Begins…

We were originally on EK431 in J departing BNE at 01:55 on Tuesday the 6th May, however availability in First came up so we swapped to EK435 departing 21:00 on the 5th, which is not a bad way to start the trip!

The trip actually begins with a lift to Nambour train station thanks to our friends, and then a 1 1/2 hour train trip to Brisbane (thank you 0.50c public transport fares). We will catch up with our other son and daughter in law for an early dinner and then head to BNE International for some lounge time and a few glasses of champagne.

We haven't been to the BNE EK lounge before so quite looking forward to it. We have been to the EK lounges in DXB and SIN and in my opinion the F&B offerings in the EK lounges are far superior to what we have experienced at the QF International lounge at BNE. Also excited about being able to board direct from the lounge.

 

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Currently in the BNE EK lounge waiting to board in about an hour’s time. A glass or two of the obligatory champagne plus a few snacks to tide us over till we board for the main event!