Departure for our European River Cruises Adventure

After a stop/start preparation to our departure, we finally had our bags packed ready to catch our Cathy Pacific flight on Anzac Day. Much to our disappointment, our travel itinerary made it impossible for us to attend the Anzac Day Dawn Service we usually go to every year. However we still paused to reflect on those who have gone before and those still serving.

As we are always concerned about the long flying hours needed to arrive in Europe, we decided to fly Premium Economy. Business Class is now out of our financial choice.   To fly on Cathy Pacific we had to stop over in Hong Kong, for a 10 hour delay before connecting onto the second flight to Paris. What does one do in a 10 hour stop over when you were up, out of bed at 3.15am and it is now 2pm? Some have gone into the lounge at the airport but we decided to book into the Novotel, Sea Gate to have a couple of hours kip, shower and bite to eat. Not that we were hungry after having eaten the two meals offered to us on the plane.

The maze of escalators, walkways and shuttle trains and buses made our navigation through the airport tricky but we managed. The airport caters well for the numerous flights in and out of Hong Kong, a vase difference from our 'little' Adelaide airport.

Views from our Novotel, Sea Gate hotel room