Paris, You've Changed My Mind

I was dreading my second visit (first with Emirates) to the capital of France as I'm not a fan of most things French and I'd had a bad experience the first time I went with my brother. However I must say that this trip changed my view. The passengers were nice, the parts of the city we visited were clean and there was a romantic feel to the place. It also helped that I had a fantastic crew with me. We were all tired after the long flight to Paris but we still decided that being so close we had to go into the city. The architecture is quite amazing on some of the buildings and the Champs-Élysées is beautiful when all the shops are lit up at night. I'm glad I've now seen another side to this city.
An Air France Concorde on display at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport.
The Arc de Triomphe.
Les Invalides. Napoleon is buried here.

Having hot chocolate at Les Invalides. L-R First Officer Johannes (South Africa), Captain Werner (Germany), Roxana (Romania), Dahae (South Korea), Me.
Me holding up the Eiffel Tower.
The Seine river runs through the middle of the city.

The Eiffel Tower at night.

2 Days In The Seychelles

I've wanted to go for ages and this month I finally got one on my roster, 48 whole hours in the Seychelles! The flight over was really easy. It's mainly European passengers and my german skills came in quite handy with helping some of them to complete their landing cards. Once we arrived at the hotel it was straight down to the beach for some sunbathing time. The water in the Seychelles is so clear that you can see all the way to the seabed. The next day it was time for a boat trip. We went snorkelling in one of the bays and then we had an hour to ourselves on a private beach with it's own fresh water lagoon. The trip was great but if I had to choose between the Seychelles and the Maldives I would choose the Maldives every time. All I've got to do now is see Mauritius!
Seychelles Airport.
The island had huge mountains all covered in trees.
The crew bus that drove us to and from the airport. They put our cases on the roof!
The hotel swimming pool.

The beach out the front of the hotel.
Silvia (Egypt) and myself on the front of the speedboat that we took the daytrip on.
Snorkelling in the bay.
The fish kept biting as they thought we were food!

The private beach. The lagoon was just behind the big rock.

November 07 Roster (Updated 07/11)

My roster for November:

02NOV DUBAI - BANGALORE (INDIA) - DUBAI
04NOV DUBAI - MAHÉ (SEYCHELLES)
06NOV MAHÉ - DUBAI
09NOV DUBAI - NEWCASTLE
10NOV NEWCASTLE - DUBAI (ARR 11NOV)
13NOV DUBAI - PARIS CHARLES DE GAULLE
14NOV PARIS CHARLES DE GAULLE - DUBAI (ARR 15NOV)
16NOV LEAVE
17NOV LEAVE
18NOV LEAVE
19NOV LEAVE
23NOV DUBAI - PERTH
24NOV PERTH - DUBAI (ARR 25NOV)
26NOV DUBAI - BAHRAIN - DUBAI
27NOV SEP RECURRENT
28NOV SEP RECURRENT
30NOV DUBAI - BIRMINGHAM
01DEC BIRMINGHAM - DUBAI (ARR 02DEC)

Ghanaian Hospitality

Ghana was a lot better than I expected. The people there are really friendly. Once again I got the opportunity to work in Business Class. As we had four flights on this trip I had a chance on one to run the galley. It's quite hard work but I'm looking forward to doing it more often once I get my promotion. The crew were fantastic and we had a really good time working together. My friend Vicky from training was in Accra at the same time so we managed to meet up for dinner and catch up on all the gossip.
The cleaners saw my camera and told me I had to have a photo with them!
The hotel pool.

The road in front of the hotel that goes to the airport.
A local street market next to the hotel.
Me and vicky getting drunk in the Italian restaurant.
Accra airport terminal.
Our aircraft parked in Accra.

Me being the galley operator in Business Class.
On Vicky's last day in Accra we swapped aircraft so we managed to take this picture in uniform.
Me, Sasa (Serbia) and Jeremy (Australia) testing the onboard safety equipment.
Does this mask suit me?
In the rear galley. L-R Sasa, Jeremy, Iva (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Joanna (Philippines), Jennifer (Ghana) and me.

Dubai Visitors

My friends Jo and Paul have just been for a visit. I used to live with them in Castle Donington (near Nottingham) for 6 months before I moved to Dubai. While they were here I managed to do a few things for the first time. Riding on an abra (water taxi), using my building's jacuzzi & steam room and having brunch at the JW Marriott were just a few of them. I had a great time and I'm sure they did too.
Riding on the abra across Dubai creek.
The view up the creek.
On the double rings at Wild Wadi waterpark with Kevin.
Jo and I infront of the jeep we had on the desert safari.
Me, Paul and Jo in the desert.

Jo and Paul running from a jeep that was coming straight towards them!
The group of jeeps.
Me on a quadbike.
Us in local dress.
Jo's henna tattoo.

Around The World In 80 Hours

Over the last 4 days I have been in the USA, Australia, South Africa and the UAE. It began in New York and it ended there too. I was working on the 2 New York trips and in between I made a visit to Perth to see my Nanna for her birthday and also to see my Dad's new house, then I flew over to Johannesburg to have lunch with my friend Justine and her family.
Outside my favourite store in New York, Abercrombie & Fitch, with Thanlwin (Myanmar) and Georgina (England).
The Apple store.
A few photos from Central Park.

Nanna & Grandad under the road bridge in Pinjarra, the town where I grew up.
Dad's new house in Boddington.
Dad is the police sergeant who runs this police station.

My stepmum, brother and Dad next to his police vehicles.
Justine making breakfast in her kitchen.
Justine's family with myself and our friend Nick (New Zealand).

With Adam (Australia) and Kristen (Australia) on my second New York trip of the month.

"Newcastle Like"

I managed to swap onto this Newcastle trip from a Johannesburg one. As this route was only launched on the 1st of September the flights both ways were still only half full. Our day started out by visiting the Metrocentre (billed as Europe's largest shopping centre but personally I don't think so) which is just across the road from our hotel. We shopped for an hour before going back to the hotel to watch a bit of TV (British TV is the best in the world!). In the evening we went into central Newcastle to have a meal and visit some pubs. Due to the fact that it was a very early start that day I was feeling tired so went back to the hotel sooner than I normally would. The return flight was as nice as the outbound one. Now I've got four days off to prepare for my next New York trip.
The hotel where we stay.

The view from my window.
The funpark which is inside the Metrocentre. They even have a rollercoaster in there!
You can just make out the Tyne bridge behind me.
Georgina (England) and Claire (England) were both really excited about the name of this pub!
The pub food we had was great. L-R Captain Paul (England), Georgina, Claire and Me.