Here is the traditional luggage shot. We don't seem to have achieved much by way of downsizing since last time. A lift from our neighbour M saved us the walk to the station.
Our first train on this trip (LIN - GLQ) was Unreserved and standing room only. After a couple of stops R got a seat and D found a perch on the luggage rack at the end of the coach. Good practice for later in the trip.
Transfer and check in went extremely smoothly. No queue at all in security. We did discover that R's bag weighs 9 kilos as opposed to D's 17k. That will need to get sorted.
Emirates provided a sufficient number of episodes of The Big Bang Theory as well as a few bevvies, a decent lunch and we only had one circuit of the desert before landing in Dubai. Things got even better in the Duty Free where our medicine of choice was on a three for two deal. Even better we were able to pay for it with air miles that we never use otherwise. Need to make sure that we don't smash the lot on the floor at the prepaid taxi counter this year.
Boarding the Kolkata flight was rather less chaotic than previous experiences. It included a stern lecture about restrictions on cabin bags that were promptly ignored by 90% of passengers. Welcome to India. Take off was almost on time and the cabin darkened so we tried to sleep. 45 minutes later all the lights went up and breakfast service commenced. Curried peas at 1.00 a.m is a dubious treat.
The sun rose over a mainly cloudy India so there was little to see. Before too long we were doing a wide loop over south and east Kolkata and making an on time landing.
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