George & Victoria's Travels

 Dear Gentle Readers After a tiring flight we arrived in Kuala Lumpur at 8am today. Didn't take off till 2.15am and didn't sleep well on the plane. The supposedly lie-flat seats did not lie completely flat although significantly better than "cattle class". Another passenger commented that it was the worst Business Class he had flown - we couldn't compare because this is the first time for us. This leg was flown by Malaysian Airlines on an Airbus A330-200 so we were not impressed considering how much the seats cost. It didn't help that we encountered quite a bit of turbulence during the flight including one particularly violent episode that woke us both up. However the food was delicious, although being fed at 3am was an unusual experience. The staff and service were top-notch so no complaints there. The next two legs will be flown by Etihad on Boeing Dreamliners, so we are hoping the seating will improve. Kuala Lumpur Airport is huge!! After walking for what s...

 Hi All Victoria and I leave on May 27th for Rome via Kuala Lumpa and Abu Dhabi. Unfortunately Etihad Airlines has changed our flights and we have a 37 hour layover in KL, so we'll spend two days there touring KL before arriving in Rome on May 29th. We'll spend 17 days in Italy and Switzerland before flying from Zurich to London on 16th June. After spending 4 weeks in the UK on a road trip around England and Wales we fly from London to Washington D.C. on the 16th July. We'll spend 6 weeks on a road trip across the U.S. until we reach California to visit Ros's sons, Joshua and Luke. We'll fly home to Australia on 27th August and spend the weekend in Sydney visiting my half-brother Ben and his wife Michelle as well as their son Damien and his wife Vanessa before flying home to Perth on 31st August. Victoria's friend Giselle will be looking after our house and cat while we are gone.