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When visited: Saturday 06 April 2024
Time of day: Late Morning (10 am)
Operator: Finnair (Linked to Oneworld Alliance)
Rating: 3 / 5
This is a basic lounge for intra Europe travel in the Schengen Zone. It’s fine for refreshments, a nice seats and maybe some finger food while you wait for your flight.
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When visited: Friday 05 April 2024
Time of day: Dinner
Operator: Qantas (Linked to the Oneworld Alliance)
Rating: 4.5 / 5
I last visited this lounge on 08 June 2023 so less than 12 months ago. This Qantas Lounge was upgraded a few years ago and as a result is very modern and provides everything you need. In particular access to showers before you long haul flight to Europe or back to Australia.
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When visited: Friday 05 April 2024
Time of day: Midday
Operator: Qantas (Linked to Oneworld Alliance)
Rating: 3.5 / 5
The Qantas International Business Class Lounge Melbourne is known as ‘the dungeon’ for good reason. It is located in the basement and has no natural light. While functional and having all the modern facilities and options an international business lounge should have it is dated and tired and badly needly a refresh. Definitely better than sitting at the Gate but not a Lounge worth using a lounge pass to access.
(more…)Wednesday 10 April 2024
Highlights: The interactive tour of The “Wieliczka” Salt Mine, the intense visit of Oskar Schindler’s Enamel Factory
Today was a free day to decided what you wanted to do. In the morning most of the group, including Darby and myself selected a visit to The “Wieliczka” Salt Mine which cost 240 PLN each (roughly $94 AUD). For this we had transportation to the mine and back, entry to the salt mine and a guide.
(more…)Tuesday 09 April 2024
Highlights: Visiting Palace Pławniowice, Exploring Wawel Royal Castle
Today was a long travel day from Berlin, Germany to Krakow, Poland. This is a roughly 600 km trip which was originally expected to take 6 hours but leaving at 07:30 and arriving at 17:15 it took 9.5 hours. This was mostly due to road works and massive number of shipping trucks.
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