Moving day. We take the bus from Bayswater to King's Cross - not crowded and moving freely on a Sunday morning - and then the train from St. Pancras to Gatwick. The suitcases felt heavy, but they're only 15½ to 16½ kilos, so we`re safely under the 20 kilo max. Even when J brought back two bottles of wine from Portugal, the case wasn`t overweight.
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Thomas Cook seems slightly more civilised than either EasyJet or Ryanair, although this may be because I booked a package that included a meal and choosing our seats as well as a texted info pack that never seems to have materialised. Actually the seats, as J points out, wouldn`t have been much worse if we hadn't picked them - middle and aisle and pretty narrow. But they're together. The meal is better than anticipated though, with chicken fillet and a chocolate pudding. Surprisingly, when we land the pilot warns the passengers that Paphos airport food is quite expensive and they may wish to acquire their food in advance when returning. Surprising not because it's not likely to be true, but because ppilots don't usually concern themselves with passengers' budgets and he wasn't even recommending purchasing food onboard.
Our transfer bus is a bit hard to find - a minibus hiding behind huge coaches - but it's there as promised and we are delivered to the Paphiessa where we've booked a studio. The studio turns out to be a one bedroom with fair-sized living/dining area, a microwave oven as well as the standard two burners, and full size bath and shower. There's pretty good furniture and drapes and a balcony accessible from both sitting area and bedroom. All for nine pounds 33p ($15.11 CAD, €10.91) a day.
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Thomas Cook seems slightly more civilised than either EasyJet or Ryanair, although this may be because I booked a package that included a meal and choosing our seats as well as a texted info pack that never seems to have materialised. Actually the seats, as J points out, wouldn`t have been much worse if we hadn't picked them - middle and aisle and pretty narrow. But they're together. The meal is better than anticipated though, with chicken fillet and a chocolate pudding. Surprisingly, when we land the pilot warns the passengers that Paphos airport food is quite expensive and they may wish to acquire their food in advance when returning. Surprising not because it's not likely to be true, but because ppilots don't usually concern themselves with passengers' budgets and he wasn't even recommending purchasing food onboard.
Our transfer bus is a bit hard to find - a minibus hiding behind huge coaches - but it's there as promised and we are delivered to the Paphiessa where we've booked a studio. The studio turns out to be a one bedroom with fair-sized living/dining area, a microwave oven as well as the standard two burners, and full size bath and shower. There's pretty good furniture and drapes and a balcony accessible from both sitting area and bedroom. All for nine pounds 33p ($15.11 CAD, €10.91) a day.
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