Monday (2)
The long flight had taken its toll and we were very tired by the time we reached our hotel. However we received a very warm welcome from the hotel staff and took advantage of the bath (Sue) and shower (Bert) in our very comfortable room.
We went and had a meal in the hotel restaurant which was excellent, enlivened by a very enthusiastic waitress, Victoria, who promised to come and wake us if we fell asleep with our faces in our meals. Sue finally had a meal that did not include salmon and said she could have wept with pleasure at the sight of the food on her plate. Emirates had been very solicitous in providing gluten free meals but unfortunately on both flights it had been salmon that had arrived for every meal – including a gluten free sandwich for one of the snacks, with a salmon paste filling!!
We fell in to bed and both of us were asleep in a matter of seconds, looking forward to the start of our adventure and revelling in the great welcome we had received.
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