Europe tour

Marg and Dave have started the tour of Europe.  Watch this post for a snippet of the travels.

Singapore Airlines took us to Changi Airport (see insert) and then a change of planes to Istanbul.  This second flight was late leaving and so there was a challenge to our connection with Turkish Airline for the next leg.  On arrival after the 11hr flight from Singapore to Istanbul we had 20mins to find the Turkish flight in a different terminal.  Like most planes in Istanbul it seems, our plane parked on the other side of the airport with the terminal just visible on the horizon. A single bus arrived (for 300 passengers!!!) and proceeded to load Business Class and depart, leaving all other passengers with seat belts still intact.

The ground attendant identified us as having the connection and, after a 10min bus trip, personally escorted us through transit checks, through the 000’s people and directly to our Turkish departure gate. No hastle! Another wad of expense justified.

Turkish Airline to Prague was simply another bit of the holiday.  2hr flight with chef on board (including the balloon chef hat) was just a restaurant experience. Marg reckons the best selection of olives she has had and finished off with a Turkish coffee.

On arrival in Prague we were able to check in to our accommodation for the next few days.  Grandiore Hotel is conveniently located near the Vltara River and Old Town Square.  As per normal procedure – drop bags and head out with map and get acclimatized to this world heritage city.  We seemingly wandered aimlessly (actually it was because we were a little lost most of the time!) and just took in the sights for a couple of hours.  The Old Town Square and Powder Tower in Federal Square were highlights.