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My first FlixBus trip was quite something.

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Days like this remind me how lucky I am to be spending a year in Bruges. The Gothic Dreamland.

Happy end of 2024! May your festivities be warming and revivifying.

Always odd getting a train from Stratford international. A station that has never seen a #eurostar stop but sees regular commuter trains that reach 140mph (225kph). A modernist wonder for #highspeed futures that never arrived.

The Poseidon Adventure: the Christmas tree is not only front and centre, it is their only escape.

A truly remarkable experience, but what was also surprising was the train terminated in Lyon. A totally French service by the Italian state operator. Hopefully they can bring their trains to Brussels some day!

Thoroughly impressed by the station at Liege- inspiring and bold architecture for Belgian railways.

The Utopia livery was the best airline livery ever, and that is coming from someone who wears pan am branded clothes on a daily basis.

As much as I don’t love Iberia’s interiors, their XLR cabins are sleeker and more elegant; a welcome evolution.

KLM digital customer service largely shines even as partner fumbles runwaygirlnetwork.com/2024/11/klm-... Trip report by @fintan.bsky.social

How I arrived at Bluesky

As much as I love a nice first class meal, the TGV Duplex interior proves that the hard product is the essential element.

I do hope Eurostar can get their design and hard product into a better place, it’s a brilliant brand that just seems to be languishing.

Although the trains are not as luxe as their predecessors, LNER does raise the bar with their high quality service. Well worth £20 with seatfrog!

Room for improvement in KLM economy class aboard the 787-10 runwaygirlnetwork.com/2024/03/room... @fintan.bsky.social explores

Showing me up photo wise , but it has been a delight to travel with you @thatjohn.bsky.social

There’s something about watching Mt Fuji out the window of a Shinkansen as you return to Tokyo to fly off… the perfect bookend to a Japanese visit. #JohnDoesJapan

Gazing upon Mt Fuji as I speed by on a Shinkansen has been my favourite moment visiting Japan. Will admit to struggling to take good photos at 250km/h thought.

It was very charming to be solo in the dining room, but was also like eating a feast in the office kitchenette

Feeding seagulls? In this economy!?

How to elevate the Eurobiz concept beyond the cocktail table https://runwaygirlnetwork.com/2023/11/elevating-the-eurobiz-concept/ by @fintan.bsky.social

Train cancellations are never good news, but I really appreciate LNER’s app based rebooking process and the clear guidance on what I could do to resolve my journey. #travel #trains #paxex

Shout out to Arriva North east for putting full on wall sockets on their Enviro400 double deckers #buses #connectivity #travel #transport #paninipress #compliant

The cava was a really interesting one as it had Chardonnay grapes, making it taste a lot more like a brut nature champagne.

Probably the most baffling meal I have ever been served on a flight courtesy of Iberia. This is their vegetarian breakfast in business class. The plain savoury crackers was what completely stumped me. I could not have any pastries or additions, because croissants are full of meat ofc.

Hola, is me, Argentina!

Lovely meal service on the LNER first class today despite the strikes, but the seating continues to disappoint. Not only is it quite austere and not terribly comfortable, my recline was broken and about 40% of the headrests had come off. GWR HST first was still peak imo.

I said, hop in.

Best #Eurobusiness class I've flown within the continent for a long time. Strong #PaxEx from Aegean, lovely food, really fast wifi and a great bar menu to peruse on a leisurely nearly-three-hours from Paris to Athens!

First weekend living out of London and I have already purchased a robotic vacuum cleaner which I complain about. This is gentrification on a micro scale and I can only apologise.

Allo Allo: How a novel design masks noise from inflight voice calls https://runwaygirlnetwork.com/2023/08/skyted-inflight-mask-connectivity/ by @fintan.bsky.social

Viva España: Iberia Express is effective if uninspired in economy https://runwaygirlnetwork.com/2023/07/iberia-express-economy-service/ A Nose To Tail trip report by @fintan.bsky.social

Premixed cocktails, a mainstay of picnics and barbecues, are arriving on planes, with many different companies vying for travellers’ attention. How do they stack up? @fintan.bsky.social explores https://runwaygirlnetwork.com/2023/07/purveyors-of-premixed-cocktails-seek-to-shake-things-up-in-flight/

Very excited to be at the Passenger Experience 2023 Conference ! An interesting beginning to AIX exploring multimodal travel, with an afternoon session sustainability.

Finally got to try out the new Avanti West Coast #FirstClass seats - not bad, but still let down by atrocious service. Funky headrests are unfortunately not enough.

A tale of two classes: British Airways World Traveller and World Traveller Plus https://runwaygirlnetwork.com/2023/04/british-airways-world-traveller-and-world-traveller-plus/ by @fintan.bsky.social