Travelling again

We had a very comfortable night in the Sofitel. The room was quiet, and the bed was very comfortable. No alarms were set as we knew that we had plenty of time to get up at our own pace. We contacted Urban-Cub who was on her way to work, but stuck in traffic. She called ahead and one of her staff met us at the Premium Security desk and escorted us through the various checks. We bypassed all the queues - but despite that the Gorse Fox still got picked on for the full body scan and his hand baggage was checked becuase of his box full of electronic adapters and cables.

We went straight to the No.1 Lounge and checked it out. It was busy but one look at the breakfast choice and a question to staff and it was no-go... how can you have any breakfast buffet that doesn't provide eggs! We moved on to the Virgin V-Lounge. There was a much better choice there, s we settled down for a nice breakfast and to read the papers.

The Gorse Fox's instinct had been right. He had forgotten to pack his running shortsand his sun hat. We hit the shops. A cover for the Silver Vixen's new iPad and some running short for the Gorse Fox. Then we met up with Urban-Cub for 5 minutes before we had to say our goodbyes and return to the lounge. We had arranged a buggy to get from the lounge to the plane, but it was a little late so we didn't get to pre-board.

Our seats were excellent and we had a very comfortable flight, arriving just a few minutes ahead of schedule. The VIP Meet and Greet chap met us at the ramp and whisked us through the formalities and before we knew it we were at the lounge freshening up before the drive to the resort.

Our driver, Keith, loaded the bags into the boot of the brand new 5-series BMW and we settled into the back seats. Canapes, and drinks were laid on, but we resisted. We had eaten well on the plane. Keith was a very smooth and steady driver, which given some of the driving we witnessed on the trip was a consoling thing.

We pulled into the resort just after 18:30 and were greeted like old friends. Meloney went off to get us some champagne and to alert Agent Mulder and Scully that we had arrived. Once we had completed all our greetings we were shown to our room and briefed by the butler, Ricardo, then we went back down to have a light bite and a drink with Scully and Mulder (who Meloney says has a very strong resemblance to the Gorse Fox - for which he can only apologise).

After a very long day we hit the sack soon after 21:00.