I did manage to sleep 3 and 1.5 hours on these 2 flights. I skipped the sandwich near the end of the first 7hr flight.
Salad with scallops
Shrimp and salad main dish (out of 4 options)
Oh yeah, the ice cream trolley!
Tasty curry sauce on chicken and rice
And surprisingly they had an amenity kit (without an amenity bag, which is a good thing) inc slippers, on the gum-hkg leg.
Or just the car parked under a banyan tree.
They also have nice shaded be AC front public rest areas with benches and tables, lit up in the evening, and smoke free (as is the beach)
On my way back to airport now, flying to HKG via GUM
BusinessFirst lie flat seat from EWR, on UA.
The seatbelt has an airbag – how is that going to work with my arm lying on it?
Huge painting with new (at the time) light effects. Painting was actually trimmed at one point to fit in a new location. Did you know Rembrandt was his first name?
The museum, with a temporary Henry Moore sculpture, reopened earlier this year after extensive renovations
Nightwatch is hanging in back, to give you a sense of scale…
3 of 12 Van Gogh self portraits at a special exhibition of digitally restored photos (think faded colours) and 3D recreations of 7 pieces
Jordaan, a peaceful neighbourhood a brief walk west of the old town
Fast food too slow? This fast food outlet at the train station also has a vending wall of self serve hot items
Tasty Indian dinner at Koh-i-Noor resto near Anne Frank Huis (which had too long a line as few sights are open in the evening)
Snacks and drinks in the quiet “executive” lounge at our hotel
Misc photos from Amsterdam…
Cheese shop
Bicycle parking be the central train station
We came for Susan’s reunion which included a busy/fun/interesting schedule, including:
A Trabi Safari tour of Berlin (trabi is colloquial for the cheap East German Trabant car (diff spelling), which has a 2 stroke engine so the tour has a special permit for them)
Berlin wall of course
Pergamom Museum with the Ishtar Gate of Babylon
And Potsdam Sans Souci palace
Just arrived after a 45min flight from CPH to TXL (and a 20 min cab ride)
Combo late lunch and early dinner on one of the squares along Europe’s first pedestrian street
DKK 200 ~ $35 nacho plate for two (with tzatziki and olives alongside the “salsa, guacamole,” jalapeños and sour cream on the side)
One burger would have been, wait for it, DKK160 ~ $28.
Even at these prices, you had to go inside to order and carry your drinks to the table.
We’ve had very nice weather, besides some rain yesterday: 24-25C/77F and not humid, lots of sunshine.
Today the sun is out again in Copenhagen for our sendoff to Berlin
View from our hotel room, with part of this year’s sandcastle competition in the foreground.
