Silver Retained. But New Battles Await Miles to Bucharest Fool me once. Shame on you. Fool me twice. Shame on me. And I've got my fair share of shame after this trip. Let's dive into the wrap-up for this trip report.   … [Read more...]

Two Trains, A Tube and a Bus to Home Miles to Bucharest Time to escape The High Life and head back to the ground and home. And find a train heading north.   Also, a bus might be useful too.  … [Read more...]

BA887 Bucharest Henri Coandă to London Heathrow Airport (Club Europe) Miles to Bucharest Time to look at the Club Europe passenger experience for this 3-hour and 20-minute flight back to London. Will there be any surprises? And will the clouds be clear enough that when the aircraft approaches London, will I get decent nighttime views?  … [Read more...]

Back to Bucharest Henri Coandă Airport and The Visa Satellite Lounge (Non-Schengen) Miles to Bucharest Let's head back to Bucharest Henri Coandă Airport. The bus sounds like a good idea... doesn't it? At least there's a lounge at the end of the rainbow...  … [Read more...]

A Morning Exploration around Central Bucharest Miles to Bucharest The morning cometh. And no, I'm not sleeping in and catching an Uber back to the airport. Where's the fun in that? I'm in a new city. It's time to explore The Old Town, some sights and get lost on a metro line.  … [Read more...]

A Nighttime Walk with an iPhone Miles to Bucharest There comes a point where even I get bored of a hotel room. And also, there's a supermarket around the corner - as well as some Communist architecture that is scarcely impressive. Let's drag the iPhone out for a nighttime walk around the Bulevardul Unirii and Palatul Parlamentului...  … [Read more...]

The Mercure Unririi, Bucharest Miles to Bucharest Time to visit a hotel and relax for a bit, as I head to The Mercure Urinii for the night. What does £61 get you in Bucharest for a night?  … [Read more...]

Of Trains And Metros - Into Romania and Bucharest Miles to Bucharest It's time to enter a "new to me" country and work out how to get to my hotel in downtown Bucharest. To the Trains and Metros!  … [Read more...]

BA886 London Heathrow to Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport (British Airways Club Europe) Miles to Bucharest It's time to fly aboard an Airbus A320 for 3 hours in Club Europe. And yes, I get a Club Europe Window Seat. Let us see what there is to greet us for this three-hour hop to Romania...  … [Read more...]

TRIP REPORT: Exploring the Cathay Pacific and Qantas Lounges at Heathrow Terminal 3 Miles to Bucharest It's time to lounge around Heathrow Terminal 3. And whilst one of the lounges I'm visiting should be an easy guess, the other is a little different from the norm for me...  … [Read more...]