Richard Yeomans

We ended up in Iasi in Eastern Romanina and it was really quite nice. The airport is small, quiet and stress free. If I worked for another employer, an airline, I would never go to these small little places. I would miss that. It must be so dull to fly the line to a handful of destinations.

The hotel was very grand but there was a teenage party going on. There were loads of 16 year old girls tottering around in heels and trying to dance to 1980s euro disco music. I was struck by lack of drinking and drunkeness. If this was the UK all types of badness would be going on.

In the morning we checked out and faced a problem paying the bill. The hotel didnt take the Amex card. I used my Barclaycard. We made our way to the airport with a happy taxi driver. We paid €10 for the cab ride that is only €5 but we dont want Romanian change. Everyone is happy, the taxi driver gets a big tip and for us the taxi journey is still really cheap.

When we got to the airport I was given a bill for the airport fees. The Amex card didnt work so, out came the Barclaycard. Then I was taken to the the ATC tower to pay the air traffic fees, Amex didnt work there too. Nevermind, its good for the points. We filled the plane up and then the refueller wanted payment. Guess what, Amex would work but my Barclaycard did…..again. It costs a fortune to fill up a plane.

We flew to Lübeck in Northern Germany at a reduced, fuel saving, speed. It seemed to take ages but, it was fuel that I paid for so I was happy. As we came into land we could clearly see the path of the old East/West German border. Was it really 20 years ago that the wall came down?

Tomorrow Faro hopefully.