And we are off!

Katie and I left Melbourne at noon. We flew to Singapore with Qantas where we then had a 3hour layover. Next stop Helsinki with Finnair - the business class “pods” are fabulous as is the service. Our flight time to Helsinki was about 13 hours ( I managed about 8 hours of sleep, Katie only a couple). On arrival in Helsinki we had about a 7 hour wait for our flight to Edinburgh. We amused ourselves by wandering around the airport, drinking coffee and eating cinnamon buns and also located the Hilton airport and did a reconnaissance over to it as Katie will spend a night there on her return trip to Australia in October.

We then checked back in and went through security ( every airport has different rules and procedures which is very frustrating to say the least) to wait for our flight to Edinburgh (via Amsterdam). We were late leaving as there were thunderstorms in Amsterdam, this meant we didn’t have much time to make it to our next flight, but we made it! The flight to Edinburgh was uneventful and the Edinburgh airport underwhelming- it is very dated and quite small and wasn’t coping with the arrival of four international flights arriving in close succession. The taxi system here was also less than optimal.

Finally, we made it to our Airbnb in Edinburgh and so the adventure begins (for real).Read more