The Emirates experience was a marvellous start to this Adventure but 17 hours in the air, even in a lie flat bed is Hard!
Dubai Airport was a real challenge. It is enormous and we had to walk nearly 40 minutes and ride a ‘train’ to get to the gate for our connection to Manchester. The Dubai Manchester leg was also a Dreamliner aircraft but as the stewardess told me it was “an experienced airplane” aka older than the first one. But still lie flat beds, personal attention and way too much food.
And we have arrived safely. The Rental Car Village was a short bus ride from the airport and Mo, the car rental clerk may have looked Indian but he spoke English sounding straight off Coronation Street! We have a brand new Mercedes A-class compact automatic with satnav and heads up display. We navigated the half hour journey from Airport to central city with no problems and the delight of seeing first, a real English cottage and its garden, then rows of terrace housing.
The buildings here are amazing and we’ve walked the central city this afternoon admiring age, brick work, size and quirky details.
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6 comments:
I'm so glad you are enjoyimg your first few days here. I hope you don't take too lomg to recover from your journey.
Glad you arrived safely and and enjoying your first sights
Despite the looooong journey there, it sounds as though England is bliss to behold and the fulfillment of your long-awaited dream. May it be all and more than you had hoped....
Seeing something familiar through a stranger's eyes is always interesting. Enjoy your stay.
You found some beautiful buildings in the city centre. Our cities tend to be a mixture of very old and very modern .
I'm glad you arrived safely! Oh, the memories you'll make.
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