Sunday 4th September, continued ...
Uneventful flight to Brussels, another two movies see most of the 7 hour leg out of the way ... on board entertainment - love it! By now though, have had no serious sleep since waking Sunday morning - will crash at some point ;o)
Walking through Brussels airport, Chris says in his best posh accent, "Welcome to Europe, dahhhlink!" and the airport Belgian Beer 'Garden' beckons ... Stella Artois on tap, and the 50 cl glass looks the goods ... notice it's CL (centi-litres) here, not 'ml'. Serious lack of sleep combined with beer, and it's a good thing we're both seated!! While I don't understand a word, the 'snob' in me is lovin' being surrounded by the European accents!
On the way to the boarding lounge to catch the local Belgian Airliner for the 1.5 hour flight to Copenhagen, we get side-tracked by the delights of a "Neuhaus Chocolatier". Having decided on a box of mixed truffles (EU$20.30) we look for the additional coin to add to the notes ... amongst the handful of coin pulled out of Chris' pocket was an Aussie 20c piece - we found this hilariously funny! We'd travelled 21 hours or more, were miles away from Australia, and here was of all coins an Aussie 20c piece! Amazing how funny things seem to be with lack of sleep combined with beer! Even funnier though was the unsmiling straight face of the elder woman behind the counter, to whom we attempted to explain what caused our laughter ... in her Belgian accent, she said "I don't get the joke!" After we'd walked off with our purchased chocolates, Chris told me he had to try really hard not to burst out laughing again when she'd said "I don't get the joke!" ... beer and extreme tiredness - what a combo ;o)
By the time we board, I've got the yawns - at last! Seating found, I remember the plane being given a shove backwards to taxi point, briefly being woken by the noise of the engines revving for take off, and nothing else until decent into Copenhagen ... Chris said I was out like a light almost immediately after getting our seats ... funny about that ;o)
Copenhagen - 6.30pm local time ... Chris finds our train out of the airport, and within 15 minutes, we're at Copenhagen Central Station, escalators taking us to street level ... why can't Melbourne airport have a connecting rail line to the CBD? Sooooo efficient! :o/
A short walk to "Hotel du Nord", our room found, and it's "lights out" soon after ... dinner? Too tired!
A plane trip is the only place Sue will watch a full movie - she can't escape.
ReplyDeleteHonestly, she has such a short attention span.
Leon