Flying solo

So, leaving London on Tuesday it was time for this one to take her first solo flight. Big happening!

Her mock exams are starting the 2nd of January, straight when coming back to school from the winter break, so she didn't feel she could take time out of studying more than for our trip to London. So after our days together in the English capital, she was due to fly back home to the UAE capital, and I would fly across to Sweden.

I waved her off after having watched her check her bag in. She had plenty of time, but she was anxious to get across to the other side of security to get her Starbucks Christmas coffee and go have a browse around.

She was lucky getting upgraded to flying First Class on her way back as well, and she even had nice company by the Black Eyed Peas, who were on their way to Abu Dhabi for a concert!

I had really good travel mojo as well, as I managed to get on a British Airways flight with a stand-by ticket - straight to Gothenburg (rather than having to go via Brussels, with a short connection, which was the initial plan). Yes, such a relief!

Time for the second part of my winter trip!