Well, an early wake up call this morning (4am), a phone call down to reception to have a taxi by 5am and a luggage trolley.
At precisely 5am we pull away from the hotel to head to the airport. Now, looking on Google Maps, it said time to airport was 15min. We pull into Terminal 1 and notice the time said 5:04am WTH we could of slept for another hour at least, however the early arrival meant we could take our time, which we did.
Now, we've done a lot of check ins at airports since living in the UAE and this check in had to be one of the fastest and smoothest ones ever.
After clearing customs first port of call was Costas Coffee Shop.
We had about an 1hr 30min to wait until we were able to board, so we took our time. Had a coffee, bacon and egg muffin (Turkey bacon of course lol). I went for a look at the shops to get a couple of things, after which it was almost ready to board.
"Flight RJ610 is now boarding at gate C8" off we go!
The time at the moment is 8:36am and we're nearly over Doha, Qatar. Flight time is 3hr 10min to Amman, Jordan where we will swap planes, but for now I have to go because breakfast is being served hehehe
Up date after Jordan!
Ok well this update is before Jordan but I had to say as we started our descent into Jordan, there were these perfect circles throughout the desert. Obviously there is no Internet 30,000ft up so as soon as we get a connection I'm gonna google them to see what they are. That is all.
Ok so the time is 11:35am(UAE time). We just landed in Jordan and what a debacle! We had to get our boarding passes from the transfer counter for the next leg of our flight and you could imagine with a 45min layover and hundreds of passengers everywhere the queues were miles long. Like most gulf states, you disembark the plane and board a bus to take you to the terminal. So that in itself took some time off the 45min layover. As we enter the terminal an announcement comes over for all passengers to Munich to make their way to gate 7. Finally fast tracked through transfers, with final announcements coming over the intercom, we make it to gate 7 with our boarding passes, thinking we're late only to be told to sit and wait hehehe.
Oh we'll it gave me time to write this part of the blog.
12:03pm. We're on the bus heading to the plane. Temperature outside is 5 degrees.
On the plane now...
Flight time from Jordan to Munich, 4hr 30min. Correction, we've just been told by the captain flight time is 4 hours probably less now with a half empty plane.
So many empty seats on this flight, it's almost a row to yourself.
I'm sure there will be some sleeping had on this flight hehehe.
Oops gotta go now, they're serving lunch hehehe (it's 1pm UAE time by the way)
Great flight, couldn't get over the amount of room on the plane, there were at least 10 rows of 3 empty, landed in Müchen (Munich) at 1:20pm local time which would've been 4:20pm UAE and 1:20am NZ time.
We were met at the airport by our taxi driver holding my name, felt weird hehehe. He was such a lovely man, told us all the must do's while we're here, how to catch the subway, trams and buses and which routes to take before finally arriving at our hotel. Temperature at the moment is 3 degrees (very crisp outside).
Now, people warned us that places in Europe are really small and they weren't kidding, albeit a nice quaint little hotel (still better than Liwa) lol.
The lift can only fit four people there was only enough room for Meriana, myself and our 2 big suitcases and 1 small one. Ang had to wait down stairs for the lift to bring her and the pram up.
We arrived at the hotel at around 2:30pm, easy check in, dumped our bags, freshened up and then ventured off to find a supermarket. Got a few supplies and on exiting the supermarket spotted a bakery in the corner where we bought a hot drink, Meriana wanted a pretzel and Ang wanted some sort of pastry thing (both of which were left on the counter, which we realised when we got back to the hotel room lol)
Going up to the sister hotel down the road in 30 min for dinner because this one only serves breakfast. Local time at the moment is 4:30pm.
OMG - we just had the most delish Thai meal tonight and the most disappointing thing is neither of us took a phone to take pictures or the camera lol. I had Garlic Pork, Angela had Sweet and Sour Pork and Meriana had chicken noodles and all 3 dishes were just devine. Local time now is 6:50pm, we're all in bed ready to turn the lights out, but not before the blog is finished of course.
Photos are on Facebook!!
A fun filled day of Christmas Markets in Town Centre tomorrow me thinks,
but for now it's Gute Nacht from Müchen, Germany.
At precisely 5am we pull away from the hotel to head to the airport. Now, looking on Google Maps, it said time to airport was 15min. We pull into Terminal 1 and notice the time said 5:04am WTH we could of slept for another hour at least, however the early arrival meant we could take our time, which we did.
Now, we've done a lot of check ins at airports since living in the UAE and this check in had to be one of the fastest and smoothest ones ever.
After clearing customs first port of call was Costas Coffee Shop.
We had about an 1hr 30min to wait until we were able to board, so we took our time. Had a coffee, bacon and egg muffin (Turkey bacon of course lol). I went for a look at the shops to get a couple of things, after which it was almost ready to board."Flight RJ610 is now boarding at gate C8" off we go!
The time at the moment is 8:36am and we're nearly over Doha, Qatar. Flight time is 3hr 10min to Amman, Jordan where we will swap planes, but for now I have to go because breakfast is being served hehehe
Up date after Jordan!
Ok well this update is before Jordan but I had to say as we started our descent into Jordan, there were these perfect circles throughout the desert. Obviously there is no Internet 30,000ft up so as soon as we get a connection I'm gonna google them to see what they are. That is all.Ok so the time is 11:35am(UAE time). We just landed in Jordan and what a debacle! We had to get our boarding passes from the transfer counter for the next leg of our flight and you could imagine with a 45min layover and hundreds of passengers everywhere the queues were miles long. Like most gulf states, you disembark the plane and board a bus to take you to the terminal. So that in itself took some time off the 45min layover. As we enter the terminal an announcement comes over for all passengers to Munich to make their way to gate 7. Finally fast tracked through transfers, with final announcements coming over the intercom, we make it to gate 7 with our boarding passes, thinking we're late only to be told to sit and wait hehehe.
Oh we'll it gave me time to write this part of the blog.
12:03pm. We're on the bus heading to the plane. Temperature outside is 5 degrees.
On the plane now...
Flight time from Jordan to Munich, 4hr 30min. Correction, we've just been told by the captain flight time is 4 hours probably less now with a half empty plane.
So many empty seats on this flight, it's almost a row to yourself.
I'm sure there will be some sleeping had on this flight hehehe.
Oops gotta go now, they're serving lunch hehehe (it's 1pm UAE time by the way)
Great flight, couldn't get over the amount of room on the plane, there were at least 10 rows of 3 empty, landed in Müchen (Munich) at 1:20pm local time which would've been 4:20pm UAE and 1:20am NZ time.
We were met at the airport by our taxi driver holding my name, felt weird hehehe. He was such a lovely man, told us all the must do's while we're here, how to catch the subway, trams and buses and which routes to take before finally arriving at our hotel. Temperature at the moment is 3 degrees (very crisp outside).
The lift can only fit four people there was only enough room for Meriana, myself and our 2 big suitcases and 1 small one. Ang had to wait down stairs for the lift to bring her and the pram up.
We arrived at the hotel at around 2:30pm, easy check in, dumped our bags, freshened up and then ventured off to find a supermarket. Got a few supplies and on exiting the supermarket spotted a bakery in the corner where we bought a hot drink, Meriana wanted a pretzel and Ang wanted some sort of pastry thing (both of which were left on the counter, which we realised when we got back to the hotel room lol)Going up to the sister hotel down the road in 30 min for dinner because this one only serves breakfast. Local time at the moment is 4:30pm.
OMG - we just had the most delish Thai meal tonight and the most disappointing thing is neither of us took a phone to take pictures or the camera lol. I had Garlic Pork, Angela had Sweet and Sour Pork and Meriana had chicken noodles and all 3 dishes were just devine. Local time now is 6:50pm, we're all in bed ready to turn the lights out, but not before the blog is finished of course.
Photos are on Facebook!!
A fun filled day of Christmas Markets in Town Centre tomorrow me thinks,
but for now it's Gute Nacht from Müchen, Germany.
Fantastic! sounds like everything is going to plan, if not better eh, that's great! sleep well, talk later xxxxxxx
ReplyDeleteCool keep me coming. Can you only update with wifi? Or can you do and upload later?
ReplyDeleteJosie Woon
the trip sounz awesome Peter.....it is like a saga....which means we wait in anticipation of the next leg.....
ReplyDeleteBTW Meriana will be a well travelled child by the time she is 10 hahaha
sandy Nepia