We checked out of our apartment & headed to the metro, we caught the train to Place Catalyna & found the bus stop for the Aerobús. We self checked in for our flight & headed to security, I was taking my toiletries bag on as hand luggage, I’d packed the larger volume items over 100 mls in my checked baggage, when we arrived at security I had to place liquids & gels into clear plastic bags. I had four bags full. When I got through I was told it was only one plastic bag per person, I could have two as I was travelling with Richard. I was sent back through on my own with just the four bags to put into two & throw away anything that didn’t fit in, I was rather annoyed as if I’d known this I would have put more into my checked luggage, I had to throw away a just started toothpaste, suntan lotion, shower gel, body lotion & nail polish remover I’d used once. I went back through only to be told as my plastic water bottle had water in it I couldn’t take that through so threw that away as well. I found somewhere for coffee, which was drinkable & we made our way to the flight only to discover we’d been delayed by 30 mins (on a 1 hour 3 min flight). Richard & I were both moved to the emergency exit rows which was nice. Plenty of snow still on the French alps. We noticed as we came into land a couple of strange shaped planes, I googled & discovered these were the beluga airbuses. We stood at the baggage carousel for ages, my bag had arrived but Richard’s hadn’t, it eventually stopped & we headed over to report this. After completing a form & receiving a tracking number we made our way to the bus stop.
The bus dropped us at Gare Routiere & having only the one bag we walked the 30 mins to the apartment, found the key box & let ourselves in. We headed out to find a supermarket & something for dinner & purchased Richard a new toothbrush & some more toothpaste. We had dinner & Richard watched Netflix, having no book, luckily I was able to charge my phone from Richards laptop, his charger came in his backpack & I had sufficient charge to read my book on Kindle. We checked the tracking website before bed & it still said searching.
Julie Elvidge
87 chapters
16 Apr 2020
April 04, 2019
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Thursday
We checked out of our apartment & headed to the metro, we caught the train to Place Catalyna & found the bus stop for the Aerobús. We self checked in for our flight & headed to security, I was taking my toiletries bag on as hand luggage, I’d packed the larger volume items over 100 mls in my checked baggage, when we arrived at security I had to place liquids & gels into clear plastic bags. I had four bags full. When I got through I was told it was only one plastic bag per person, I could have two as I was travelling with Richard. I was sent back through on my own with just the four bags to put into two & throw away anything that didn’t fit in, I was rather annoyed as if I’d known this I would have put more into my checked luggage, I had to throw away a just started toothpaste, suntan lotion, shower gel, body lotion & nail polish remover I’d used once. I went back through only to be told as my plastic water bottle had water in it I couldn’t take that through so threw that away as well. I found somewhere for coffee, which was drinkable & we made our way to the flight only to discover we’d been delayed by 30 mins (on a 1 hour 3 min flight). Richard & I were both moved to the emergency exit rows which was nice. Plenty of snow still on the French alps. We noticed as we came into land a couple of strange shaped planes, I googled & discovered these were the beluga airbuses. We stood at the baggage carousel for ages, my bag had arrived but Richard’s hadn’t, it eventually stopped & we headed over to report this. After completing a form & receiving a tracking number we made our way to the bus stop.
The bus dropped us at Gare Routiere & having only the one bag we walked the 30 mins to the apartment, found the key box & let ourselves in. We headed out to find a supermarket & something for dinner & purchased Richard a new toothbrush & some more toothpaste. We had dinner & Richard watched Netflix, having no book, luckily I was able to charge my phone from Richards laptop, his charger came in his backpack & I had sufficient charge to read my book on Kindle. We checked the tracking website before bed & it still said searching.
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Africa to Europe
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Lisbon
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Lisbon
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Lisbon
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Lisbon
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Lisbon
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Obrigado Lisbon, Ola Seville
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Seville
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Seville
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Seville
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Seville to Granada
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Granada
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Granada
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Granada to Murcia
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Murcia
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Murcia
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Murcia
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Murcia (day trip to Cartagena)
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Murcia
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Murcia
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Murcia to Barcelona
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Barcelona
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Barcelona
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Barcelona
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Barcelona
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Gràcia Barcelona, bonjour Toulouse
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Toulouse
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Toulouse
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Toulouse
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Toulouse to Nice
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Nice
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Nice (day trip to Monaco)
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Nice
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Nice to Lyon
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Lyon
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Lyon
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Lyon
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Lyon
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Lyon to Dijon
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Dijon
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Dijon
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Dijon
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Dijon
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Dijon
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Dijon to Strasbourg
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Strasbourg
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Strasbourg
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Strasbourg (day trip Alsace)
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Strasbourg
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Strasbourg (lunch in Germany)
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Strasbourg to Caen
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Caen
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Caen
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Caen (day trip to Bayeux)
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Caen to Lille
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Lille
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Lille
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Lille
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Merci Lille, Hallo Oostende
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Oostende
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Oostende (day trip to Brugge)
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Oostende
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Dank u Oostende, hallo Amsterdam
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Amsterdam
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Amsterdam
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Bedankt Amsterdam, hello North Sea
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Howay Newcastle & Hexham
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Hexham
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Hexham
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Hexham
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Hexham
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Hexham
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Hexham to Northwich
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Northwich, Saltfleetby, Sheffield, Northwich, Windsor, Clifton, Northwich.
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Northwich to Dublin
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Dublin
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Dublin to Fermoy
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Fermoy & Cobh
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Fermoy to Farmers Bridge
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Farmers Bridge
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Farmers Bridge (day trip to Dingle Peninsula)
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Farmers Bridge to Kinvara
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Kinvara (day trip to the Cliffs of Moher)
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Kinvara to Dublin
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Dublin to Holyhead
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Northwich, Hexham, Hartlepool, Durham, Louth, Hexham.
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Grand Final 2019
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