My first
leg of my trip was Melbourne to Dubai. Even though it was a 14 hour flight it
went fairly quickly. I think that being an overnight flight certainly helped as
I was able to sleep for a couple of hours. It was my first time flying with
Emirates and I was very happy with the service. I got to fly on an A380 and it
certainly is a massive plane. Unfortunately, my budget is quite tight so a
first class ticket wasn't an option for me so I was stuck in economy. It was
hard walking past the signs for first class where they get their own private
compartment and business class where they have flat bed seats to the economy
class. Saying that though, the seats in economy were fairly comfortable and I
had plenty of legroom (that may also be because I'm not that tall).
During
my flight to Dubai I had a lovely lady sitting next to me for the flight. She
was in her 70s and was travelling to Western Europe for 6 weeks. She said that
she spent her younger years raising a family and since her husband passed away
that it was time to do things for herself and so every year during Melbourne
winter she travels overseas for 6 weeks. What a great way to spend your
retirement!
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continued)